Generic service contract

You can create a generic service contract for a Ruleflow. This is not an enforced contract but a description of the inputs expected and outputs produced by a Decision Service generated from the Ruleflow. This is useful to document the "API" of a Decision Service or for use with the underlying mechanism such as REST/JSON that does not have an enforced contract. The generic service contract is output as a.csv file such that you can view it in Microsoft Excel or reporting tools that support .csv format.

For example, the CSV file for the Tutorial's tutorial_example.erf looks like this:

Service Contract for Ruleflow

,,Datatypes,Masking,Input/Output
Cargo,,Cargo,,I/O
,needsRefrigeration,Boolean,,I
,volume,Integer,,I
,container,containerType{String},CDT,O
,weight,Integer,,I

Custom Data Types(CDT)

containerType,standard,oversize,heavyweight,reefer,

When tutorial_example_ServiceContract.csv is opened in Excel, the CSV file looks like this: