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Custom Rule Engine in WPF - MVVM

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Custom Rule Engine approach which can evaluate complex combinations of business rules. A sample application is provided in WPF following the MVVM pattern.
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections;

namespace CustomRulesMVVM.Models
{
    class CustomRules : CollectionBase, IRule
    {
        #region Members
        private const string AND = "AND";
        private const string OR = "OR";

        #endregion

        #region Properties
        public bool IsSelected { get; set; }
        public string SelectedItem { get; set; }
        public string RuleGroupJoinOperator { get; set; }
        public int? RuleGroupSeqNum { get; set; }
        #endregion

        #region Public methods
        /// <summary>
        /// Evalue rules in Rule collection
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="collection"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public bool Eval(Dictionary<string, object> collection)
        {
            return EvaluateCustomRules(collection);
        }

        #endregion

        #region Private Methods
        /// <summary>
        /// Evaluate Two or More rules joined by AND/OR operator
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="collection"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private bool EvaluateCustomRules(Dictionary<string, object> collection)
        {
            //In Rule collection evaluate between first two rules by calling Eval method of each rule.
            if (null != this.Item(0).RuleJoinOperator)
            {
                switch (this.Item(0).RuleJoinOperator)
                {
                    case AND:
                        if (this.Item(0).Eval(collection) && this.Item(1).Eval(collection))
                            this.IsSelected = true;
                        break;
                    case OR:
                        if (this.Item(0).Eval(collection) || this.Item(1).Eval(collection))
                            this.IsSelected = true;
                        break;
                    default:
                        this.IsSelected = false;
                        break;
                }

                //Evaluate if more than two rules present till last rule
                if (this.Count > 2)
                {
                    for (int i = 1; i < this.Count - 2; i++) //Loop till count-2 as last rule will not have RuleJoinOperator
                    {
                        switch (this.Item(i).RuleJoinOperator)
                        {
                            case AND:
                                if (this.IsSelected && this.Item(i).Eval(collection))
                                    this.IsSelected = true;
                                else
                                    this.IsSelected = false;
                                break;
                            case OR:
                                if (this.IsSelected || this.Item(i).Eval(collection))
                                    this.IsSelected = true;
                                else
                                    this.IsSelected = false;
                                break;
                            default:
                                this.IsSelected = false;
                                break;
                        }

                    }
                }
            }
            else
            {
                this.IsSelected = this.Item(0).Eval(collection);
            }
            return this.IsSelected;
        }


        #endregion      
                
        #region CollectionBase methods
        public void Add(CustomRule item)
        {
            this.List.Add(item);
        }

        public void Remove(CustomRule item)
        {
            this.List.Remove(item);
        }
        public CustomRule Item(int index)
        {
            return this.List[index] as CustomRule;
        }
        #endregion
    }

}

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I am a .Net developer, currently working in Singapore worked wiith Societe Generale Global Solution Centre, Bangalore and was previously with Cognizant.I have more than 8 years of .Net experience in BFSI domain. I am an experienced developer in C#, VB.Net, Silverlight, WPF, WCF, LINQ, Entity Framework, SSIS, NHibernate, ASP.Net and SQL Server.

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