I'm trying to figure out how to compare strings in drools. I'd prefer to just be able to say something like:
when
 obj(member > "string")
....

This doesn't work because the > or < operations are not allowed (though I saw in a May 6th post Edson gave a pointer to how to add it.) Next I tried using eval(). Based on everything I've read this should work. My problem is getting the syntax correct. My object "ActionArchive" has a member called "mediaPool". I'd like to choose the one with the lowest (alphabetically) mediaPool string.

Try one.....
rule "testme"
   when
       $ar : ActionArchive($mp : mediaPool)
       not (eval (ActionArchive(getMediaPool().CompareTo($mp)) < 0))
   then
       System.out.println("low mp= " + $ar.getMediaPool());
end
-----------
Rule Compilation error : [Rule name=junk, agendaGroup=MAIN, salience=0, no-loop=false] rules/Rule_testme_0.java (8:997) : The method getMediaPool() is undefined for the type Rule_junk_0


Try two......
rule "testme"
   when
       $ar : ActionArchive($mp : mediaPool)
       not (eval (ActionArchive(mediaPool.CompareTo($mp)) < 0))
   then
       System.out.println("low mp= " + $ar.getMediaPool());
end
-----------
Rule Compilation error : [Rule name=testme, agendaGroup=MAIN, salience=0, no-loop=false]
   rules/Rule_testme_0.java (8:999) : mediaPool cannot be resolved

Thanks for any pointers.
Charles
p.s. consider this a vote for adding > < support for Strings....
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