Thank you Ernest..but in my application i am just allowing the user to enter
rules and facts into the engine. I cannot provide him the functionality of
adding deffunction(since it would be inconsistant with the application) .

My question is , whether the engine process rules even if there are no facts
being inserted into the engine which may fire the rules.
If yes, then we can write predicates in such a way that they will be true
after some time and the rule fires without any facts being inserted.
but if no, then i will have to add and retract facts on a periodic basis.


Any suggestions?

Regards,
Mrinal


On 5/29/07, Ernest Friedman-Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


On May 29, 2007, at 12:48 PM, Mrinal Khanvilkar wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to generate a rule and firing it periodically?
> for e.g.
>

There's a discussion of something like this in the FAQ, under "How do
I make Jess run forever?":

http://herzberg.ca.sandia.gov/jess/FAQ.shtml#Q9

But I think what I'd recommend is to use the "implement" function to
create a Runnable that calls a deffunction, and then use the Runnable
with a java.util.Timer to have it called periodically.


> (defrule rule1
>
> fire after every time t
>
> =>
>
> someactions)
>
> the predicates in this case is only going to be the time interval
> for which the rule is being fired.
>
> thanks,
> Mrinal

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