I'm sorry, that didn't make any sense. An un-updated internal enddate would indeed cause the LHS condition to remain true, and the timer will cause it to fire each second.
My bad... FrankVhh wrote: > > Hi Marc, > > Your rules do not immediately reveal anything remarkable to me, so I do > not have an explanation or solution just yet. > > Here is what I would do to narrow down on the problem: > Add an output in your rules that print the internal end date and the > current date in each RHS of the rules. > > It is unlikely that the WM is not updated at all, that would cause > internalEndDate to remain unchanged and rules wouldn't be fired anymore. > > Regards, > Frank > > > Marc Strabin wrote: >> >> Hello, >> I've 2 rules which should be similar but the result is different and I >> can't >> understand why : >> >> I insert an object Message() into drools with the following rule : >> >> rule "rule_a" >> timer (int:1s 1s) >> when >> SimpleClock ( d : dateInMillisec != 0 ) // SimpleClock give the current >> time (set by a java timer and an update) >> m : Message ( internalEndDate < d ) >> then >> System.out.println( "rule a"); >> m.setInternalEndDate (d + 10000); >> * retract (m);* >> * insert (m);* >> end >> >> >> > the result is fine : a message every 10. >> >> If I replace the rule_a by the rule_b : (because an update should be >> better >> than an retract/insert I guess) >> >> rule "rule_b" >> timer (int:1s 1s) >> when >> SimpleClock ( d : dateInMillisec != 0 ) // Simple slock give the current >> time (set by a java timer and an update) >> m : Message ( internalEndDate < d ) >> then >> System.out.println( "rule b"); >> m.setInternalEndDate (d + 10000); >> * update (m);* >> end >> >> >> > the result is bad : a message every 1 second. >> >> It act as if the attibute message.internalEndDate wasn't updated in the >> drools engine. Could someone explain me if/why this behaviour is normal ? >> Thanks in advance >> >> Marc >> >> _______________________________________________ >> rules-users mailing list >> rules-users@lists.jboss.org >> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users >> > -- View this message in context: http://drools-java-rules-engine.46999.n3.nabble.com/The-update-function-inside-a-rule-tp2747484p2747755.html Sent from the Drools - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users@lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users