Drools: in OLE 

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1. 1. Performance
   2. Ease of authoring rules 
   3. Ease of updating the rules repository

Workflows: in OLE

 The following workflows have been implemented so far. 

1. Checkout Item(s): 

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Technical Details:

1. 1. A rule(s) file in Drools has the extension of .drl and is a simple text file with rules specified in a drools specific language. A sample of general checks for a patron is as below:
   2. The Drools Engine in OLE upon start up loads policies (.drl files) under the ${user.home/kuali/main/${environment}/rules} directory. The directory can contain sub-directories or simply files. 
   3. Updates to policy files can be made at any time and re-loaded by setting a system parameter