Fluent Process API

A recent addition to Drools Flow allows users to create processes using what could be called a "fluent API". While it has always been possible to create processes using our graphical editor or the underlying XML, we do acknowledge that some people simply prefer creating process definitions using an API. The underlying example shows how easy it is now to create a simple "Hello World" example process using this API:

RuleFlowProcessFactory factory =
    RuleFlowProcessFactory.createProcess("org.drools.process");
factory
    // header
    .name("My process").packageName("org.drools")
    // nodes
    .startNode(1).name("Start").done()
    .actionNode(2).name("Action")
    .action("java", "System.out.println(\"Hello World\");").done()
    .endNode(3).name("End").done()
    // connections
    .connection(1, 2)
    .connection(2, 3);
RuleFlowProcess process = factory.validate().getProcess();

Many thanks go out to salaboy for doing a large part of the work and adding the different factories to create the various types of nodes supported in RuleFlow. This also shows how easy it is to contribute to the Drools project if you want to: come join us at our #drools irc channel, describe what you want to do and we'll help you as much as possible and welcome contributions !

Kris