Parse external defined expression in tmap

[Anonymous]

Hi Community,

I have the requirement to bring in some flexibility in some use cases. For example a job which should calculate prices based on certain rules. I was thinking to have a database table to have those rules, like "$uvp-20%" or "$bp+30%" or "$bp+30% < $uvp?$bp+30%:$uvp".

Is there a best practice or an example how to build such system?

Thanks for all your feedback,

Chris 

[TRF]

Did you consider to use a Business Rules Management System?
You should have a look at https://help.talend.com/reader/uwwCVAHxWDS6l5fZQ~lVYA/MaM9hIC4bbFetAUP6xvSWQ

[Anonymous]

I did, but this is more a possible next step of the solution. At the current time there is not the space to learn a complete new technology.

EDIT: I just realized - I would need a subscription to use drools, too.

[TRF]

The problem is not to store the rules but to execute them as it seems you want to use a kind pseudo-code.
So, you need to be able to transform this pseudo-code into pure Java code, then compile it and execute it, all of this while your job is running. Right?
If so, you can find a lot of examples if you search arround of "dynamic java code".
Here is one of them https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-generate-a-dynamic-Java-class-and-execute-it