com.beasys.commerce.axiom.reasoning.rules.service
Interface RulesService

public interface RulesService

extends javax.ejb.EJBObject

Specifies the behavior of a rules service

Method Summary

java.util.Set

applyRules(java.lang.String ruleSetURI, java.util.Set inputObjects, java.util.Set outputObjectsTypeFilter, java.util.Set outputObjectsCreatorFilter) Applies a named set of rules to the set of objects provided by the caller in order to produce a resultant set of objects.

Methods inherited from interface javax.ejb.EJBObject

getEJBHome, getHandle, getPrimaryKey, isIdentical, remove

Method Detail

applyRules

public java.util.Set applyRules(java.lang.String ruleSetURI,
                                java.util.Set inputObjects,
                                java.util.Set outputObjectsTypeFilter,
                                java.util.Set outputObjectsCreatorFilter)
                         throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException,
                                RulesServiceException,
                                java.rmi.RemoteException

Applies a named set of rules to the set of objects provided by the caller in order to produce a resultant set of objects.

Parameters:

ruleSetURI - The uri of the rule set which contains the set of rules that is to be applied.

inputObjects - The set of objects to which the rules are to be applied

outputObjectsTypeFilter - A set of class objects used to perform type-based selection of the return objects.

outputObjectsCreatorFilter - A set of output object creator name strings to be used to perform creator-name selection of the return objects after type-based filtering has been performed.

Returns:

A filtered set of objects which resulted from the application of the rules.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - Thrown if ruleSetURI is null or zero-length, or if inputObjects is null or if outputObjectsTypeFilter is null.

RulesServiceException - thrown on an error in the rules service

java.rmi.RemoteException - thrown on a communication error.