oracle.rules.sdk2.decisiontable

Class Gap

java.lang.Object

oracle.rules.sdk2.decisiontable.Gap

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class Gap
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

A Gap specifies a missing rule using a DimensionNode (sibling) that is missing a sibling in order to cover all the Buckets in the sibling Dimension. The task for the UI is to render the gaps. One way is to popup a "gap sheet" containing a rule (conditions but no actions) for each gap. The bucket values for each condition in the rule can be determined using Gap.getDimensionValues(int). E.g. a rulesheet like: Condition | R1 isX | - isY | true isZ | false has gaps g1 and g2. g1.getDimensionValues(0) returns {"-"}, g1.getDimensionValues(1) returns {"false"}, and g1.getDimensionValues(2) returns {"-"}. g2.getDimensionValues(0) returns {"-"}, g2.getDimensionValues(1) returns {"true"}, and g2.getDimensionValues(2) returns {"true"}. The "gap sheet" that should be rendered is Condition | R2 | R3 isX | - | - <-- these come from getDimensionValues(0) isY | false | true <-- these come from getDimensionValues(1) isZ | - | true <-- these come from getDimensionValues(2) When a user indicates that they want to fill a gap, use the Gap.fill() method to create and add a DTRule to fill the gap.

See Also:

RuleSheet.findGaps(), Serialized Form

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DTRule	fill() add a new rule to fill the gap
java.lang.String[]	getDimensionValues(int i) get the values for the gap for the given dimension index

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getDimensionValues

public java.lang.String[] getDimensionValues(int i)

get the values for the gap for the given dimension index

Parameters:

i - the dimension index

Returns:

String[] of values

fill

public DTRule fill()

add a new rule to fill the gap

Returns:

DTRule