DroolsRuleManager.java

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package org.openengsb.core.workflow.drools.internal;

import org.drools.KnowledgeBase;
import org.openengsb.core.workflow.api.RuleManager;

/**
 * Extension of the RuleManager interface for this JBoss Drools-based implementations.
 * It just provides an additional method to translate the managed rules into a drools-rulebase
 */
public interface DroolsRuleManager extends RuleManager {


    /**
     * provides a reference to the rulebase. This reference remains valid as long as the bundle is active. the rulebase
     * is modified "on-the-fly".
     *
     * @return reference to the rulebase
     */
    KnowledgeBase getRulebase();
}