Part 7. Enterprise systems

Business rules are policies and procedures by which corporations conduct their affairs. Capturing business rules in a rule engine makes great sense. This is but one of the many applications for rule engines in enterprise systems—large-scale, mission-critical software that supports business operations. At the heart of many enterprise applications these days is the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) environment. J2EE is an enabling technology that combines access to data and computing resources into a standard service called an application server. Part 7 of this book concerns the interaction between rule engines and application servers. We’ll touch on a wide range of relevant topics, including using Jess with Enterprise ...

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