18.4. Defining a JBoss Rules Runtime

Procedure 18.1. Task

1. Create a new session in JBoss Rules.
2. Select Window Preferences. A "Preferences" dialog will appear.
3. On the left side of this dialog, under the JBoss Rules category, select "Installed JBoss Rules runtimes". The panel on the right should then show the currently defined JBoss Rules runtimes.
4. Click on the add button. A dialog will pop up asking for the name of your runtime and the location on your file system where it can be found.
5. To use the default jar files from the JBoss Rules Eclipse plugin, create a new JBoss Rules runtime automatically by clicking the Create a new Drools 5 runtime ... button. A file browser will appear, asking you to select the folder on your file system where you want this runtime to be created. The plugin will then automatically copy all required dependencies to the specified folder.
6. To use one specific release of the JBoss Rules project, create a folder on your file system that contains all the necessary JBoss Rules libraries and dependencies. Give your runtime a name and select the location of this folder containing all the required jars. Click OK.
7. The runtime will appear in your table of installed JBoss Rules runtimes. Click on checkbox in front of the newly created runtime to make it the default JBoss Rules runtime. The default JBoss Rules runtime will be used as the runtime of all your JBoss Rules projects that have not selected a project-specific runtime.
8. Restart Eclipse if you changed the default runtime and you want to make sure that all the projects that are using the default runtime update their classpath accordingly.