Enhancements

demo/DemoApp.EFDataExample/RulesEngineContext.cs

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
 
             modelBuilder.Entity<Workflow>(entity => {
                 entity.HasKey(k => k.WorkflowName);
-                entity.Ignore(b => b.WorkflowRulesToInject);
                 entity.Ignore(b => b.WorkflowsToInject);
             });
 

src/RulesEngine/Actions/ActionContext.cs

@@ -40,6 +40,21 @@ public RuleResultTree GetParentRuleResult()
         {
             return _parentResult;
         }
+
+        public bool TryGetContext<T>(string name,out T output)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                output =  GetContext<T>(name);
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch(ArgumentException)
+            {
+                output = default(T);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
         public T GetContext<T>(string name)
         {
             try

src/RulesEngine/Actions/EvaluateRuleAction.cs

@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 //  Licensed under the MIT License.
 
+using RulesEngine.ExpressionBuilders;
 using RulesEngine.Models;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace RulesEngine.Actions
 {
     public class EvaluateRuleAction : ActionBase
     {
         private readonly RulesEngine _ruleEngine;
+        private readonly RuleExpressionParser _ruleExpressionParser;
 
-        public EvaluateRuleAction(RulesEngine ruleEngine)
+        public EvaluateRuleAction(RulesEngine ruleEngine, RuleExpressionParser ruleExpressionParser)
         {
             _ruleEngine = ruleEngine;
+            _ruleExpressionParser = ruleExpressionParser;
         }
 
         internal async override ValueTask<ActionRuleResult> ExecuteAndReturnResultAsync(ActionContext context, RuleParameter[] ruleParameters, bool includeRuleResults = false)
@@ -23,11 +28,11 @@ internal async override ValueTask<ActionRuleResult> ExecuteAndReturnResultAsync(
             List<RuleResultTree> resultList = null;
             if (includeRuleResults)
             {
-                resultList = new List<RuleResultTree>(output.Results);
+                resultList = new List<RuleResultTree>(output?.Results ?? new List<RuleResultTree>() { });
                 resultList.AddRange(innerResult.Results);
             }
             return new ActionRuleResult {
-                Output = output.Output,
+                Output = output?.Output,
                 Exception = innerResult.Exception,
                 Results = resultList
             };
@@ -37,7 +42,22 @@ public async override ValueTask<object> Run(ActionContext context, RuleParameter
         {
             var workflowName = context.GetContext<string>("workflowName");
             var ruleName = context.GetContext<string>("ruleName");
-            var ruleResult = await _ruleEngine.ExecuteActionWorkflowAsync(workflowName, ruleName, ruleParameters);
+            var filteredRuleParameters = new List<RuleParameter>(ruleParameters);
+            if(context.TryGetContext<List<string>>("inputFilter",out var inputFilter))
+            {
+                filteredRuleParameters = ruleParameters.Where(c => inputFilter.Contains(c.Name)).ToList();
+            }
+            if (context.TryGetContext<List<ScopedParam>>("additionalInputs", out var additionalInputs))
+            {
+                foreach(var additionalInput in additionalInputs)
+                {
+                    dynamic value = _ruleExpressionParser.Evaluate<object>(additionalInput.Expression, ruleParameters);
+                    filteredRuleParameters.Add(new RuleParameter(additionalInput.Name, value));
+
+                }
+            }
+
+            var ruleResult = await _ruleEngine.ExecuteActionWorkflowAsync(workflowName, ruleName, filteredRuleParameters.ToArray());
             return ruleResult;
         }
     }

src/RulesEngine/Models/Workflow.cs

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ public class Workflow
     /// <value>The workflow rules to inject.</value>
     [Obsolete("WorkflowRulesToInject is deprecated. Use WorkflowsToInject instead.")]
     public IEnumerable<string> WorkflowRulesToInject {
-      get { return WorkflowsToInject; }
       set { WorkflowsToInject = value; }
     }
     public IEnumerable<string> WorkflowsToInject { get; set; }

src/RulesEngine/RulesCache.cs

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public Workflow GetWorkflow(string workflowName)
                             throw new Exception($"Could not find injected Workflow: {wfname}");
                         }
 
-                        workflow.Rules.ToList().AddRange(injectedWorkflow.Rules);
+                        workflow.Rules = workflow.Rules.Concat(injectedWorkflow.Rules).ToList();
                     }
                 }
 

src/RulesEngine/RulesEngine.cs

@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ private IDictionary<string, Func<ActionBase>> GetDefaultActionRegistry()
         {
             return new Dictionary<string, Func<ActionBase>>{
                 {"OutputExpression",() => new OutputExpressionAction(_ruleExpressionParser) },
-                {"EvaluateRule", () => new EvaluateRuleAction(this) }
+                {"EvaluateRule", () => new EvaluateRuleAction(this,_ruleExpressionParser) }
             };
         }
 

test/RulesEngine.UnitTest/ActionTests/RulesEngineWithActionsTests.cs

@@ -53,6 +53,26 @@ public async Task ExecuteActionWorkflowAsync_CalledWithNoActionsInWorkflow_Execu
         }
 
 
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ExecuteActionWorkflowAsync_SelfReferencingAction_NoFilter_ExecutesSuccessfully()
+        {
+
+            var engine = new RulesEngine(GetWorkflowWithActions());
+            var result = await engine.ExecuteActionWorkflowAsync("WorkflowWithGlobalsAndSelfRefActions", "RuleReferencingSameWorkflow", new RuleParameter[0]);
+            Assert.NotNull(result);
+            Assert.Null(result.Output);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ExecuteActionWorkflowAsync_SelfReferencingAction_WithFilter_ExecutesSuccessfully()
+        {
+
+            var engine = new RulesEngine(GetWorkflowWithActions());
+            var result = await engine.ExecuteActionWorkflowAsync("WorkflowWithGlobalsAndSelfRefActions", "RuleReferencingSameWorkflowWithInputFilter", new RuleParameter[0]);
+            Assert.NotNull(result);
+            Assert.Equal(4,result.Output);
+        }
+
         private Workflow[] GetWorkflowsWithoutActions()
         {
             var workflow1 = new Workflow {
@@ -104,8 +124,74 @@ private Workflow[] GetWorkflowWithActions()
                     }
 
                 }
+
+
             };
-            return new[] { workflow1 };
+
+            var workflow2 = new Workflow {
+                WorkflowName = "WorkflowWithGlobalsAndSelfRefActions",
+                GlobalParams = new[] {
+                    new ScopedParam {
+                        Name = "global1",
+                        Expression = "\"Hello\""
+                    }
+                },
+                Rules = new[] {
+
+                    new Rule{
+                        RuleName = "RuleReferencingSameWorkflow",
+                        Expression = "1 == 1",
+                        Actions = new RuleActions {
+                            OnSuccess = new ActionInfo{
+                                Name = "EvaluateRule",
+                                Context = new Dictionary<string, object>{
+                                    {"workflowName", "WorkflowWithGlobalsAndSelfRefActions"},
+                                    {"ruleName","OtherRule"}
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    },new Rule{
+                        RuleName = "RuleReferencingSameWorkflowWithInputFilter",
+                        Expression = "1 == 1",
+                        Actions = new RuleActions {
+                            OnSuccess = new ActionInfo{
+                                Name = "EvaluateRule",
+                                Context = new Dictionary<string, object>{
+                                    {"workflowName", "WorkflowWithGlobalsAndSelfRefActions"},
+                                    {"ruleName","OtherRule"},
+                                    {"inputFilter",new string[] { } },
+                                    {"additionalInputs", new [] { 
+                                        new ScopedParam(){
+                                            Name = "additionalValue",
+                                            Expression = "1"
+                                        }
+
+                                    } }
+                                }
+
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+
+
+                    , new Rule{
+                        RuleName = "OtherRule",
+                        Expression = "additionalValue == 1",
+                        Actions = new RuleActions {
+                             OnSuccess = new ActionInfo{
+                                Name = "OutputExpression",
+                                Context = new Dictionary<string, object>{
+                                    {"expression", "2*2"}
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                    }
+
+                }
+
+            };
+            return new[] { workflow1, workflow2 };
         }
     }
 }

test/RulesEngine.UnitTest/BusinessRuleEngineTest.cs

@@ -35,17 +35,17 @@ public void RulesEngine_New_ReturnsNotNull(string ruleFileName)
 
         [Theory]
         [InlineData("rules2.json")]
-        public async Task RulesEngine_InjectedRules_ReturnsListOfRuleResultTree(string ruleFileName)
+        public async Task RulesEngine_InjectedRules_ContainsInjectedRules(string ruleFileName)
         {
             var re = GetRulesEngine(ruleFileName);
 
             dynamic input1 = GetInput1();
             dynamic input2 = GetInput2();
             dynamic input3 = GetInput3();
 
-            var result = await re.ExecuteAllRulesAsync("inputWorkflowReference", input1, input2, input3);
+            List<RuleResultTree> result = await re.ExecuteAllRulesAsync("inputWorkflowReference", input1, input2, input3);
             Assert.NotNull(result);
-            Assert.IsType<List<RuleResultTree>>(result);
+            Assert.True(result.Any());
         }
 
         [Theory]