ProcessTest.java

package com.sample;

import org.drools.KnowledgeBase;
import org.drools.KnowledgeBaseFactory;
import org.drools.builder.KnowledgeBuilder;
import org.drools.builder.KnowledgeBuilderError;
import org.drools.builder.KnowledgeBuilderErrors;
import org.drools.builder.KnowledgeBuilderFactory;
import org.drools.builder.ResourceType;
import org.drools.io.ResourceFactory;
import org.drools.logger.KnowledgeRuntimeLogger;
import org.drools.logger.KnowledgeRuntimeLoggerFactory;
import org.drools.runtime.StatefulKnowledgeSession;

/**
 * This is a sample file to launch a process.
 */
public class ProcessTest {

	public void work() {
		try {
			// load up the knowledge base
			KnowledgeBase kbase = readKnowledgeBase();
			StatefulKnowledgeSession ksession = kbase.newStatefulKnowledgeSession();
			KnowledgeRuntimeLogger logger = KnowledgeRuntimeLoggerFactory.newFileLogger(ksession, "test");
			// start a new process instance
			ksession.startProcess("com.sample.ruleflow");
			logger.close();
		} catch (Throwable t) {
			t.printStackTrace();
		}
	}

	private KnowledgeBase readKnowledgeBase() throws Exception {
		KnowledgeBuilder kbuilder = KnowledgeBuilderFactory.newKnowledgeBuilder();
		kbuilder.add(ResourceFactory.newClassPathResource("ruleflow.rf"), ResourceType.DRF);
		KnowledgeBuilderErrors errors = kbuilder.getErrors();
		if (errors.size() > 0) {
			for (KnowledgeBuilderError error: errors) {
				System.err.println(error);
			}
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Could not parse knowledge.");
		}
		KnowledgeBase kbase = KnowledgeBaseFactory.newKnowledgeBase();
		kbase.addKnowledgePackages(kbuilder.getKnowledgePackages());
		return kbase;
	}

}