[Business Rules] Rules engine not updating my Fact Result as expected.

Question

I have a Fact type implemented as a Java class, named Commission with the following properties: age(int), area(int), amt(double):
In the Java application I set the age to 30 and area to 3:
Commission comm = new Commission();
comm.setAge(30);
comm.setArea(3)Now I have a set of rules defined in the ruleAuthor where in, if the age is > 20 and area is between 1 and 5 then the business rule engine should set the Amt field to .3
But when I run the rules engine:
ruleSession.executeRuleset(...);
ruleSession.callFunctionWithArgument("assert", comm);
ruleSession.callFunction("run");
double commamt = comm.getAmt(); //this value returns (0) as if the rules engine did not fire the rule and did not change the amt field to .3When i get the comm.getAmt(), the value is zero and not 0.3 which is the expected result.
I wonder what's wrong, I only followed and patterned the instructions and code that came with Oracle Business Rules CarRental Example and/or the example that came in the Business Rule ViewLet.

Answer 1

Hi Phil,
I tried your suggestion. But it still does not work.
I don't if this would help but this is how I defined my rules:
1. I created a Java class file as a Fact Definition. Compiled it and stored it into a jar file.
2. Copied the .jar file to a remote machine where OracleAS is installed.
3. I run the ruleAuthor (browser) and specified a ruleRepository file.
4. Specified the jar file where the Fact Definition (Java file) is.
5. Created Ruleset and Rules
6. Save the Dictionary.
7. Copied the generated rulesRepository on to my local hard drive (remote).
8. Create and Run the Rule-Enabled Java application. ruleRepository points to the ruleRepository file generated by ruleAuthor and copied to my local hard drive.
Maybe there is something wrong with how I packaged the Java Fact Definition?