Drools. Net V3.0 Copyright 2007 Sahi technologies PVT. Ltd. (http://www.esahi.com)
Contacts: Ritu Jain (ritujain@esahi.com), Chinmay nagarkar (chinmay.nagarkar@esahi.com)
The drools.. Net-3.0 is. net version of JBoss-rules 3.0, which is a Rules Engine implementation based on Charles forgy's Rete algorithm tailored for the Java language. drools. net enables. NET developers/users to exploit a powerful rule engine like JBoss-rules through a completely managed. net code base.
System Requirements:
? Microsoft. NET Framework 2.0. drools. NET will not run on. NET Framework 1.1 (http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/updates)
? Ikvm 0.28.0.0 (http://www.ikvm.net), sorted with the distribution
? NUnit-2.2.6 or abve (http://www.nunit.org), Framework is wrongly ded with the distribution
Distribution contents:
? External libraries:
O Drools-3.0.dll-the core drools Assembly compiled using ikvm (ikvm is a compiler used to compile Java classes and jars into A. Net assembly)
O Drools-dep.dll? Dependencies required by drools-3.0.dll
O ikvm. GNU. classpath. DLL-ikvm dependency required by the drools-3.0.dll Assembly
O ikvm. runtime. DLL-ikvm dependency required by the drools-3.0.dll Assembly
O nunit. framework. DLL and nunit. core. DLL? Assemblies required to create and run nunit tests
? Drools. net libraries
O Org. drools. DOTNET. DLL-drools. net Wrapper Classes and. net semantic layer classes
O Org. drools. DOTNET. examples. DLL-drools. net examples implemented as nunit tests
O/rules directory? The example rules definition files that are embedded in the example Library (given here just for reference)
The source code for drools. Net libraries and the underlying Java code for Drools-3.0.dll (JBoss-rules V3.0) are available at https://svn.codehaus.org/droolsdotnet/ over WebDAV. Download instructions are provided at http://xircles.codehaus.org/projects/droolsdotnet/repo.
The drools. Net Bre can be used in an application by referencing the following assemblies:
? Drools-3.0.dll
? Ikvm. GNU. classpath. dll
? Drools. DOTNET. dll
A detailed description of installing and using drools. Net-3.0 is provided at http://docs.codehaus.org/display/DROOLSDOTNET/Drools.Net+-+3.0+User+and+Installation+Guide
I just downloaded it... looking for time to study... it's messy recently...