User-Defined Functions

In addition to importing external assemblies to use custom functions with rules, InRule provides users a way to create helper functions inline in a rule application. User-Defined Functions (UDFs) have the following benefits:

• Reduce deployment complexity by using custom functions without having to associate a separate .NET Assembly and import its public methods
• Manage changes to functions as revisions of the rule applications that contain them
• Author simple functions not already available with InRule
• Extend imported external function libraries
• Reuse functions across multiple rule applications with irCatalog element sharing

More detailed information on working with User Defined Functions can be found in the following help topics:

• User-Defined Function Samples
• Creating User-Defined Functions
• Using the Context Object in a UDF
• Using UDFs in rules