16.20. Tips for Working Within Cells

Multiple package names within the same cell must be comma-separated.

Pairs of type and variable names must be comma-separated.

Functions must be written as they appear in a DRL file. This should appear in the same column as the "RuleSet" keyword. It can be above, between or below all the rule rows.

You can use Import, Variables, Functions and Queries repeatedly instead of packing several definitions into a single cell.

Trailing insertion markers can be omitted.

You can provide the definition of a binding variable.

Anything can be placed in the object type row. Apart from the definition of a binding variable, it could also be an additional pattern that is to be inserted literally.

The cell below the ACTION header can be left blank. Using this style, anything can be placed in the consequence, not just a single method call. (The same technique is applicable within a CONDITION column.)