001 /* 002 * hammurapi-rules @mesopotamia.version@ 003 * Hammurapi rules engine. 004 * Copyright (C) 2005 Hammurapi Group 005 * 006 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 007 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 008 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 009 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 010 * 011 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 012 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 013 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 014 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 015 * 016 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 017 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 018 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 019 * 020 * URL: http://http://www.hammurapi.biz 021 * e-Mail: support@hammurapi.biz 022 */ 023 package biz.hammurapi.rules; 024 025 /** 026 * This interface allows to indicate that some conclusion is internal for the rule 027 * engine, i.e. it is used only by rules but is not made accessible to rule engine 028 * clients. 029 * @author Pavel Vlasov 030 * @revision $Revision$ 031 */ 032 public interface Fact { 033 034 /** 035 * If this method returns <code>true</code> then fact posted by a rule 036 * is not added to handle manager and as such is not available outside the rule 037 * engine. 038 */ 039 boolean isPrivate(); 040 }