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    Taking inspiration from the Pizza language, could we layer a rule language and features ontop of an existing language - instead of by it's side:

    http://pizzacompiler.sourceforge.net

     

    While this could be done for any JVM language, Java9 will be the focus here. Annotations, and CDI, are an essential part of making this work declaratively.

    http://java.dzone.com/articles/cdi-di-p1

     

    RuleModule is a Class that has rule members and can be instantiated and fire rules.

    @RuleModule // name is inferred from java class
    @RuleModule("Short name")
    

     

    Injectable member fields would replace "globals" and would be injected by CDI, which would allow for creation and injectino of complex object graphs.

     

    @RuleModule
    public class SomeClassName {
        @Inject // Injected by CDI
        void SomeService service;
    
        int counter;
    
        void someMethod() {
            counter++; // just demonstrating these are methods with member var access, not pure functions
        }
    
        @LongName("Long description names go here, rule names now must be valid java names, obeying same conventions nested classes" )
        rule RuleName when {
            $a : Alarm()
        } then {
            service.call( $a );
            sometMethod();
        }
    
    }
    

     

    KieBase is the new name for KnowledgeBase. We can allow declarative assocation of RuleModules in a number of potential ways.

     

    @RuleModules( {MyModule1.class, MyModule2.class, MyModule3.class } )

    @KieBase

    public abstract class MyKieBaseClass implements KieBase {

    }

     

    The above would create a KieBase that consisted of 3 KieModules. It's abstract, because the code generation will add in the rest of KieBase implementation.