Method and system for rule based validation prior to committing data to a database system

A method for creating a Rule Engine for applying Rules to Data within a system, wherein the Data is interdependent Data both within an individual Rule Object and within a hierarchy of Rule Objects, the method comprising:

• defining a Business Process Object (BPO) containing:
• an interface to a Client Application;
• an interface to a Subscriber Object;
• an interface to a Database;
• an interface to a Service Data Object;
• and
• zero or more Parameters to Validate;
• defining one or more BRCOs;
• associating the one or more BRCOs with a BPO;
• and
• instantiating one or more Rule Objects inheriting from a single base class to form a hierarchical network of Rule Object for a given one of the one or more BRCOs;
• wherein each of the Rule Objects includes one or more Inputs and zero or more Outputs and zero or more conditional operators defined by Data in the Database;
• and
• wherein each of the zero or more conditional operators uses zero or more pieces of Data read from the Database as specified by each of the Rule Objects.

A computer readable medium containing programming instructions for applying Rules to Data for provisioning Data in a Database system, the programming instructions comprising:

• defining one or more Business Rules Coordinator Objects (BRCOs);
• defining a Business Process Object (BPO) containing one or more BRCOs and at least one Data Object and an interface to a Database to hold Data;
• and
• instantiating one or more Rule Objects inheriting from a single base class;
• wherein each of the Rule Objects includes one or more Inputs and zero or more Outputs and zero or more conditional operators defined by Data in the Database;
• and
• wherein each of the zero or more conditional operators uses zero or more pieces of Data read from the Database as specified by each of the Rule Objects.

A Rule Engine for applying Rules to Data within a system, wherein the Data is interdependent Data both within an individual Rule Object and within a hierarchy of Rule Objects, the rule engine comprising:

• a Business Process Object (BPO) containing:
• an interface to a Client Application;
• an interface to a Subscriber Object;
• an interface to a Database;
• an interface to a Service Data Object;
• and
• zero or more Parameters to Validate;
• one or more BRCOs;
• means for associating the one or more BRCOs with a BPO;
• and
• means for instantiating one or more Rule Objects inheriting from a single base class to form a hierarchical network of Rule Object for a given one of the one or more BRCOs;
• wherein each of the Rule Objects includes one or more Inputs and zero or more Outputs and zero or more conditional operators defined by Data in the Database;
• and
• wherein each of the zero or more conditional operators uses zero or more pieces of Data read from the Database as specified by each of the Rule Objects.