org.kuali.rice.krms.api.engine
Interface Engine

All Known Implementing Classes:

ProviderBasedEngine

public interface Engine

Method Summary

EngineResults	execute(SelectionCriteria selectionCriteria, Facts facts, ExecutionOptions executionOptions) Initiates execution of the rules engine.
EngineResults	execute(SelectionCriteria selectionCriteria, Map<String,Object> facts, ExecutionOptions executionOptions) Initiates execution of the rules engine.

Method Detail

execute

EngineResults execute(SelectionCriteria selectionCriteria,
                      Facts facts,
                      ExecutionOptions executionOptions)

Initiates execution of the rules engine.

Parameters:

selectionCriteria - informs the engine of the criteria to use for selection of contexts and agendas

facts - the facts that the rule engine can use during execution

executionOptions - defines various options that instruct the rules engine on how to perform it's execution

Returns:

the results of engine execution

execute

EngineResults execute(SelectionCriteria selectionCriteria,
                      Map<String,Object> facts,
                      ExecutionOptions executionOptions)

Initiates execution of the rules engine.

Parameters:

selectionCriteria - informs the engine of the criteria to use for selection of contexts and agendas

facts - the facts that the rule engine can use during execution. Since this signature does not pass in Terms, all terms are defined with only a name, and term parameters can not be specified.

executionOptions - defines various options that instruct the rules engine on how to perform it's execution

Returns:

the results of engine execution