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com.ibm.rules.engine.ruledef.runtime
Interface RuleEngineOutput

All Superinterfaces:

EngineOutput, EngineWithWorkingMemoryOutput

public interface RuleEngineOutput
extends EngineWithWorkingMemoryOutput

A RuleEngineOutput instance is produced when a RuleEngine is executed.

Method Summary

int	getExecutedRuleInstanceCount() Returns the number of rule instances executed.
RuleInstance	getLastRuleInstance() Returns the last Rule instance that was executed.
boolean	isAgendaEmpty() Tests if the Agenda is empty.

Methods inherited from interface com.ibm.rules.engine.runtime.EngineWithWorkingMemoryOutput

getWorkingMemory

Methods inherited from interface com.ibm.rules.engine.runtime.EngineOutput

getData, getParameter, getParameters, getStopMessage, isStopped

Method Detail

getExecutedRuleInstanceCount

int getExecutedRuleInstanceCount()

Returns the number of rule instances executed.

Returns:

The number of executed rule instances.

isAgendaEmpty

boolean isAgendaEmpty()

Tests if the Agenda is empty.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if the engine does not support the Agenda.

Returns:

If the Agenda was empty when the RuleEngine finished executing, true is returned.

getLastRuleInstance

RuleInstance getLastRuleInstance()

Returns the last Rule instance that was executed.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if the engine does not support the Agenda.

Returns:

The last Rule instance that was executed. If no Rule was executed, null is returned.