Yes, Thank you. That helps quite a bit.

On Jan 13, 2011, at 11:45 PM, Wolfgang Laun wrote:

> A (single or joined) cell below CONDITION must contain something that results 
> in a valid pattern when
> a pair of parentheses is appended
> the constraint(s) resulting from the cells below are inserted into these 
> parentheses
> Looking at "person: Person,  op: Person from otherPersonList", you realize 
> that "person: Person, op: Person" is not a valid CE, not even if you omit the 
> comma  Also, the cell cannot end with "from otherPersonList".
> 
> A constraint (2 rows down from CONDITION) is expanded with values from cells 
> below it by appending "==" and the cell value.
> 
> Apart from the basic design flaw Greg has pointed out: you can add a from 
> clause by using an additional column with "from otherPersonList" in the 3rd 
> row after RuleTable and an 'x' in each of the value cells.
> 
> 
> You will also have to change the constraint  "person.getRelationShip(op) == 
> ..." into an eval since this isn't correct constraint syntax.
> 
> -------------------------------
>    CONDITION
>    person: Person() op: Person
>    activity
>    PLAYING  
> -----------------------------
>    CONDITION
> 
>    from otherPersonList
>    x
> ------------------------------
>    CONDITION
> 
>    eval( "$param".equals( person.getRelationShip(op) ) )
>    FRIEND
> -------------------------------
> 
> 
> I suggest that you try and write your rules in DRL first before you start 
> thinking about decision tables. As you can see, certain conditions and CE 
> combinations cannot be expressed in tables. After all, a row of cells is 
> linear, but the syntaxl of LHS expression includes non-linear (recursive) 
> structures.
> 
> -W
> 
> 
>   
> 2011/1/13 Gregory Mace <[email protected]>
> Here is a simple example where 'otherPersonList' is a global java.util.List:
> 
> RuleTable Are friends having fun
> CONDITION                                             CONDITION               
>                         ACTION
> person: Person,  op: Person from otherPersonList      
> person.getRelationShip(op)                            op.getActivity()        
>                         System.out.println("$param");
> FRIEND                                                        PLAYING         
>                                 Your friend is having fun
> ENEMY                                                 WORKING                 
>                         Not your friend and not having fun
> 
> which produces the following drl output:
> 
> #From row number: 31
> rule "Friends are having fun_31"
>       
>       when
>               person: Person, op : Person from 
> otherPersonList(person.getRelationShip(op) == "FRIEND", op.getActivity() == 
> "PLAYING")
>       then
>               System.out.println("Your friend is having fun ");
> end
> 
> #From row number: 32
> rule "Friends are having fun_32"
>       
>       when
>               person: Person, op : Person from 
> otherPersonList(person.getRelationShip(op) == "ENEMY", op.getActivity() == 
> "WORKING")
>       then
>               System.out.println("Not your friend and not having fun");
> end
> 
> shouldn't the 'from' be after the statement like this:?
> 
> person: Person, op : Person(person.getRelationShip(op) == "ENEMY", 
> op.getActivity() == "WORKING") from otherPersonList
> 
> Thx
> 
> On Jan 13, 2011, at 11:47 AM, Wolfgang Laun wrote:
> 
>> I think I understand your question, but I'm not sure how to answer it. ;-)
>> 
>> What, exactly, are you trying to do? "Pulling" from a list means what?
>> 
>> -W 
>> 
>> 
>> On 13 January 2011 20:34, Gregory Mace <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I believe I have the list set up correctly as a variable, but I am not sure 
>> how to set up a condition that pulls from a global list.  Any examples?
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