Technical Palette

The Technical palette includes a range of rule elements that can be used to design the technical logic in the diagram form.

Table 1. Rule Elements on Technical Palette
Image Name Description
This image displays the create element. Create The Create element provides a graphical representation of the 'create' expression and gets a new instance of a rule class in the session's memory. See Create.
This image displays the search element. Search The Search element provides a graphical representation of the 'readall' expression and retrieves all rule object instances of a rule class which were created by client code. See Search.
This image displays the fixed list element. Fixed List The Fixed List element provides a graphical representation of the 'fixedlist' expression and creates a new list from items known at rule set design time. See Fixed List.
This image displays the property element. Property The Property element provides a graphical representation of the 'property' expression. The Property element obtains a property of a Java object. See Property.
This image displays the custom expression element. Custom Expression Custom Expression provides a graphical representation for any user defined valid XML node. See Custom Expression.
This image displays the existence timeline element. Existence Timeline The Existence Timeline element provides a graphical representation of the 'existencetimeline' expression. See Existence Timeline.
This image displays the timeline element. Timeline The Timeline element provides a graphical representation of the 'Timeline' expression. See Timeline.
This image displays the interval element. Interval The Interval element provides a graphical representation of the 'Interval' expression.. See Interval.
This image displays the combine succession set element. Combine Succession Set The Combine Succession Set element provides a graphical representation of the 'combineSuccessionSet' expression. See CombineSuccessionSet.
This image displays the call element. Call The Call element provides a graphical representation of the 'call' expression and calls out to a static Java method to perform a complex calculation. See Call.
This image displays the period length element. Period Length The Period Length element provides a graphical representation of the 'periodlength' expression and calculates the amount of time units between two dates. See Period Length.
This image displays the all element. ALL The ALL element provides a graphical representation of the 'all' expression and returns a Boolean value. See ALL.
This image displays the any element. ANY The ANY element provides a graphical representation of the 'all' expression and returns a Boolean value. See ANY.
This image displays the this element. This The This element provides a graphical representation of the 'this' expression that is a reference to the current Rule Object. See This.
This image displays the sort element. Sort The Sort element provides a graphical representation of the 'sort' expression. Sort takes a list as child element and performs sorting on it.. See Sort.
This image displays the shared rule reference element. Shared Rule Reference Shared Rule Reference is basically a normal Reference with a Create element in it. See Shared Rule Reference.
This image displays the concat element. CONCAT The Concat element provides a graphical representation of the 'concat' expression and creates a message by concatenating a list of values. See CONCAT.
This image displays the join list element. Join Lists The JoinLists element provides a graphical representation of the 'joinlists' expression and creates a new list by joining together some existing lists. See Join Lists.
Parent topic: Tools and Template Palettes