Programming

Hi,

I'm designing / writing a system which would analyze results of a load test and determine whether test passed or failed. The trouble is, the pass/fail criteria is very complex. And it may vary. So I'm thinking of something similar to Expert Systems.

One idea is put the rules in XML file and use them to determine if test passes or fails. But this may not be the best idea.

Has anyone seen / worked with such application / program / system?

Please give me ideas, links, suggestions, thoughts.

Thanks,
Yogesh Sawant

I dont know the details of your task but I would definitely
use an .txt format instead of XML for research stage.

If you are using Perl or another dynamic language, and if your rules need to be implemented as subroutines then you could consider separate files with these rules. Their filenames could be arguments for 'main' application from command line.

how would i benefit from that?

Hi.
I would say for much the same as:
Best wishes ... cheers, drl