Rule modeling lets you create, analyze, and test your work in a Studio environment, and then deploy them to a Progress Corticon Server as a Decision Service.

There are several ways you can deploy a Decision Service. You can deploy a Decision Service in-process or as a Web Service for either Java or .NET. In this tutorial, you will learn how to deploy and access a Decision Service in-process from a Java client.

Corticon Server is a set of core Java classes that comprises all the functionality required to host and manage Decision Services. These Java classes can be deployed into an application container together with a Java application to enable the application to standalone as an in-process server.

To deploy and access a Decision Service from a Java client application, you need to perform the following tasks:

1. Create Java classes for the Vocabulary entities
2. Import the Java files into the Corticon Studio
3. Package the Ruleflow in Corticon Studio
4. Write Java client code to deploy and access the Decision Service

In this tutorial, you will learn how to perform these tasks.

This tutorial is designed for hands-on use. We recommend that you follow along in your Java editor, and Corticon Studio, using the instructions and illustrations that are provided.

About Java

You will use Corticon Studio for Java programming. In the scope of this tutorial, and run the in-process server project in the Eclipse environment. Eclipse provides solid Java development and runtime functionality, and you don’t need any additional Java features.