Save and Load DecisionTable to XML
Updated: Aug 28, 2026
package com.northconcepts.datapipeline.foundations.examples.decisiontable;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.foundations.decisiontable.DecisionTable;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.foundations.decisiontable.DecisionTableOutcome;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.foundations.decisiontable.DecisionTableRule;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.foundations.expression.CalculatedField;
public class SaveAndLoadDecisionTableToXML {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
List outcomes = new ArrayList<>();
outcomes.add(new DecisionTableOutcome("Total", "${Variant Price} + Shipping"));
outcomes.add(new DecisionTableOutcome("Product Type", "Type"));
DecisionTable table = new DecisionTable()
.addField(new CalculatedField("Variant Price", "toBigDecimal(${Variant Price})"))
.addRule(new DecisionTableRule()
.addCondition("Variant Price", "? == null || ? < 20")
.addOutcome("Shipping", "0.00")
.addOutcome(outcomes)
)
.addRule(new DecisionTableRule()
.addCondition("Variant Price", "? < 50")
.addOutcome("Shipping", "5.00")
.addOutcome(outcomes)
)
.addRule(new DecisionTableRule()
.addCondition("Variant Price", "? < 100")
.addOutcome("Shipping", "7.00")
.addOutcome(outcomes)
)
.addRule(new DecisionTableRule()
.addCondition("Variant Price", "? >= 100")
.addOutcome(new DecisionTableOutcome("Shipping", "${Variant Price} * 0.10"))
.addOutcome(outcomes)
)
;
//Save this DecisionTable to XML File.
table.toXml(new FileWriter("example/data/output/decision-tree.xml"), true);
DecisionTable decisionTable = new DecisionTable()
.fromXml(new FileInputStream("example/data/output/decision-tree.xml"));
System.out.println("DecisionTable loaded from XML:-\n" + decisionTable);
}
}
