tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090475.post-1147707637463658982006-05-15T11:12:00.000-04:002006-05-15T11:40:38.140-04:00I have been attempting to work with JBoss Rules (nee Drools) and have mostly met with frustration.<br /><br />With the acquisition by JBoss, the Drools site (www.drools.org) pointed me to JBoss for v3 of the API. In fact, today, I can't even get to drools.org any more. Now cleverly annointed "JBoss Rules", I downloaded the version 3.0 RC2 of both the binary and the IDE. <br /><br />No joy, however (several errors reading the DRL files). Tried various alternatives including <a href="http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.drools.user/3931/match=3+2m5">recommendations</a> on their mailing list by some of the project's leading lights that one use Eclipse 3.2 M6 and not 3.2 M5 as indicated by their docs. Still no joy.<br /><br />Finally, I decided to download the source and built v3.0. Pay dirt! Actually, you don't need Eclipse 3.2 M6 -- the docs were right it works just fine on M5.<br /><br />On the subject of docs, they are mere shells. The original Drools site used to have a plethora of documented examples, and usage documentation. Not any more. What is the syntax for the new DRL files? I see "duration" is a long, but what <span style="font-style: italic;">is</span> it? About the DSLs? Why get rid of perfectly good documentation of the concepts?<br /><br />OK, since the docs aren't there yet, I decided to join the mailing list. Again, I followed the <a href="http://labs.jboss.com/portal/jbossrules/lists.html">instructions </a>and tried to subscribe by sending email to user-subscribe@drools.codehaus.org. Again, no joy. I got an automated response that read<br /><br /><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">Hi. This is the qmail-send program at codehaus.org.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"><user-subscribe@drools.codehaus.org>:</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">Sorry, no mailbox here by that name. </span><br /></blockquote><br />So, what next?<br /><br />JBoss Rules...I don't think so.srihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00178974793936817176noreply@blogger.com