18.2. Rules IDE Features

The rules IDE has the following features:

Textual/graphical rule editor
1. An editor that is aware of DRL syntax, and provides content assistance (including an outline view)
2. An editor that is aware of DSL (domain specific language) extensions, and provides content assistance.
RuleFlow graphical editor
You can edit visual graphs which represent a process (a rule flow). The RuleFlow can then be applied to your rule package to have imperative control.
Wizards for fast creation of
1. a "rules" project
2. a rule resource, (a DRL file)
3. a Domain Specific language
4. a decision table
5. a ruleflow
A domain specific language editor
1. Create and manage mappings from your user's language to the rule language
Rule validation
1. As rules are entered, the rule is "built" in the background and errors reported via the problem view where possible