GendL Application - BASE-RULE-OBJECT

Object: BASE-RULE-OBJECT (The :GENDL Package)

Mixins: VANILLA-MIXIN

Description

Encapsulates a basic computation, usually to be displayed to the user. Typically this would be used as a mixin into a more sophisticated rule-object, but the type can be used to detect objects which should be processed as "rules."

Input Slots (optional)

HIDDEN? [from VANILLA-MIXIN] boolean*
Indicates whether the object should effectively be a hidden-object even if specified in :objects. Default is nil.

ROOT [from VANILLA-MIXIN] gdl instance*
The root-level node in this object's ``tree'' (instance hierarchy).

RULE-DESCRIPTION string
Short description of the rule (generally one line). Defaults to NIL.

RULE-DESCRIPTION-HELP string
Verbose description of the purpose of the rule.

RULE-RESULT string
The basic return-value, or result, of evaluating the rule.

RULE-RESULT-HELP string
Verbose description of how the rule result is computed.

RULE-TITLE string
Title to be used with the rule object. Defaults to NIL.

SAFE-CHILDREN [from VANILLA-MIXIN] list of gdl instances*
All objects from the :objects specification, including elements of sequences as flat lists. Any children which throw errors come back as a plist with error information

STRINGS-FOR-DISPLAY string
Determines the rule's default name in various internal GDL contexts. Defaults to the `rule-title`, or "Unnamed Rule" if `rule-title` is NIL.

SUPPRESS-DISPLAY? boolean
Determines whether the rule is displayed by default in reports etc.

VIOLATED? boolean
Indicates whether this rule violates a standard condition.

VISIBLE-CHILDREN [from VANILLA-MIXIN] list of gdl instances*
Additional objects to display in Tatu tree. Typically this would be a subset of hidden-children. Defaults to NIL.

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