How to Build a Business Rules Engine

products of other rules. Atomicity means that a rule does not actually contain logic

that makes it more than one rule, and that no two rules have the same logic.

Is Atomicity Important?

Atomicity is important, but some programmers and others are always tempted to take

shortcuts that compromise atomicity for some perceived benefit. There is little point

in building a business rules engine in order to enable the creation of a Tower of Babel

within an enterprise. Having different rules that replicate exactly the same logic is

pointless. What is a lot worse is having business rules that try to replicate the same

logic but have differences. For instance, ...