Create Services Implemented with Rules

• Rule engine working memory can be associated with various lifetimes including request, session or global
• Single rule set across all service operations allows working memory state sharing across business rule invocations
• Extension context for selectively publishing events from any rule set to WSO2 Business Activity Monitor

Integration Ready Rule Services

• Support for standard, interoperable protocols including WS-*, REST and JSON
• Services can be exposed over various transports including HTTP(S), JMS and SMTP
• Secure rule services in multiple approaches including HTTP Basic Auth, WS-Security, OpenID and OAuth

Rule Repository for Management and Governance

• Central storage and management of rules (via WSO2 Governance Registry)
• Lifecycle management, versioning and full governance (via WSO2 Governance Registry)
• Integrate user role into rule execution and/or rule selection

Pluggable Rule Engine Support

• Any JSR 94 API compliant rule engine
• Built in support for Drools rule engine
• Support for both decision tables and rule sets

Rule Execution Capability for Workflow Systems

• Any workflow system can invoke rule services as an activity via HTTP, REST or Web services
• WSO2 Business Process Server extension activity for embedded rule execution in a workflow

Rule Execution Capability for WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus

• Rule mediator for message, service or API mediation
• Content based decision making
• Rule based content editing
• SLA management

High Performance, High Availability, Scalability & Stability

• Supports highly available deployment
• Horizontal scaling via clustering with stateless server architecture for session scoped rule services
• Long term execution stability with low resource utilization

Lightweight, Developer Friendly and Easy to Deploy

• Use of widely used Drools rule language for developer familiarity
• Easy to debug services with tools for message tracing and interactive testing with TryIt capabilities
• Automatic generation of WSDLs for services and service stubs
• Server customization via feature provisioning of any WSO2 middleware capability
• Choice of deployment to on-premise servers, private cloud, or managed cloud
• Integrated with SVN, Maven, Ant and other standard tools for development & deployment
• Integrated to WSO2 Developer Studio, Eclipse-based IDE for all WSO2 products

Manage & Monitor

• Comprehensive management & monitoring Web console with enterprise-level security
• Built-in collection and monitoring of standard access and performance statistics
• JMX MBeans for key metrics monitoring and management
• Integrates with WSO2 Business Activity Monitor for operational audit and KPI monitoring and management
• Flexible logging support with integration to enterprise logging systems
• Centralized configuration management across different environments with lifecycles and versioning via integration to WSO2 Governance Registry