Action part of a technical rule

The keyword then is used to specify the start of the action part of a rule. The action part of a rule is composed of IRL statements that can, for example, create, remove, and modify objects.

For controlling the flow of the action part of a rule, the ILOG® Rule Language (IRL) includes statements for:

• controlling execution (if/else)

• making loops (for, while)

• branching (break, continue)

• handling exceptions (try, catch, finally)

These statements follow the Java™ language specification. You can also add an optional else clause in the action part of a technical rule.