Extracting rules for a ruleset

You can create rules for nonproduction purposes, such as testing, or rules to be used in the production environment.

When you create a ruleset archive, both the rules of the project and all the rules from any referenced rule projects are included by default. You can define different extractors for a ruleset so as to create different execution packages. You can then select the required ruleset extractor when you create the ruleset archive.

You can create an extractor based on a query or on a validator class:

• Use a query to extract the business rules that you want to include in the ruleset archive for execution.

• Write a validator class to select the required business rules.

  A validator is a Java™ class that is defined by the implementation of a Rule Designer extension point. Typically, you base the extraction on a query. If you specify both, the query is processed first, then the validation is applied.

To extract rules for a ruleset from a decision service, specify the extractor in the decision operation.

To extract rules for a ruleset from a classic rule project, specify the extractor in the rule project properties.