RuleHelper is your Friend

Here a few tips when working on/with Rules:

Use the RuleHelper whenever you can, it saves you a lot of work!

eg.:

public static boolean isCodeInList(java.lang.String sList, java.lang.String sCode)

Method checks if a token belongs to a comma-separated list. If the list is empty it has the special meaning of "contains everything".

Parameters:
sList - the comma-separated list
sCode - the token
Returns:
true / false

sample code:
String paramTCodes = "WRK, TRN, MEAL"; // I would get it from a param field or so..

if (RuleHelper.isCodeInList(paramTCodes, WorkDetailData.getWrkdTcodeName())) {
// do your thing...
}

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If the rule requires parameters you need as for the time codes, remember to return the parameter list insted of new ArrayList(); Doh! Yes I did that this morning... ops..

public List getParameterInfo(DBConnection dBConnection) {
List parametersList = new ArrayList();

RuleParameterInfo rpiEligibleTimeCodes = new RuleParameterInfo(WORK_TIME_CODES, RuleParameterInfo.STRING_TYPE, false);

parametersList.add(rpiEligibleTimeCodes);
RuleParameterInfo rpiEligibleHourTypes = new RuleParameterInfo(HOLIDAY_HOUR_TIME_CODE, RuleParameterInfo.STRING_TYPE, false);

parametersList.add(rpiEligibleHourTypes);

return new ArrayList(); // <- OPS!!! should of returned the parametersList
}