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4.11. The Difference Between Rules and Methods
- Methods are called directly.
- Specific instances are passed.
- One call results in a single execution.
- Rules execute by matching against any data as long it is inserted into the engine.
- Rules can never be called directly.
- Specific instances cannot be passed to a rule.
- Depending on the matches, a rule may fire once or several times, or not at all.
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