compositeconflictresolver.java

rule engine drools-2.0-beta-18

package org.drools.conflict;

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import org.drools.spi.Activation;
import org.drools.spi.ConflictResolver;
import org.drools.spi.Tuple;

/**
 * Strategy for resolving conflicts amongst multiple rules.
 * 
 * <p>
 * Since a fact or set of facts may activate multiple rules, a
 * <code>ConflictResolutionStrategy</code> is used to provide priority
 * ordering of conflicting rules.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @see Activation
 * @see Tuple
 * @see org.drools.rule.Rule
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:[e-mail]">Simon Harris </a>
 */
public class CompositeConflictResolver extends AbstractConflictResolver
{
    private final ConflictResolver[] components;

    public CompositeConflictResolver(ConflictResolver[] components)
    {
        this.components = components;
    }

    /**
     * @see AbstractConflictResolver
     */
    public final int compare(Activation lhs,
                             Activation rhs)
    {
        int result = 0;

        for ( int i = 0; result == 0 && i < this.components.length; ++i )
        {
            result = this.components[i].compare( lhs,
                                                 rhs );
        }

        return result;
    }
}