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The meta library provides information about the running ruleset. The following functions are available:

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are available (notice that these are values, not functions):

• meta:eci - the event channel identifier on which the current event was raised

• meta:host - the public DNS name of the machine running the engine, including port number. Does not include the trailing "/". ex. http://localhost:8080 You may configure this value when starting your pico engine. See the developer tips page to see why and how.

• meta:inEvent - Boolean value true if the engine is evaluating an event for this pico, false otherwise

• meta:inQuery - Boolean value true if the engine is evaluating a query for this pico, false otherwise

• meta:picoId - the ID of the currently running pico

• meta:rid - the ruleset ID of the currently running ruleset

• meta:ruleName - the name of the rule currently being evaluated

• meta:rulesetURI - the URL from which the currently running ruleset was registered/installed

• meta:txnId - the transaction ID for the current evaluation. This is mostly useful for debugging or as a correlation identifier

• meta:rulesetConfig - the configuration Map given when the ruleset was installed in the pico
  

• meta:callingRID() - returns the RID of the calling ruleset if running in a module, or the current ruleset ID otherwise.

• meta:

  moduleVersion

  callingVersion() -

   returns

  returns the version of the

  module

  calling ruleset if running in a module, or the current ruleset version otherwise.

• meta:errorCount() - returns the number of errors for current rule execution. Reset to 0 for each new rule execution.

• meta:inModule() -

   returns

  returns a Boolean value indicating whether the current code is running in a module.

• meta:

  hostname

  moduleRID() - returns the

  hostname

  RID of the

  rules engine evaluating the ruleset

  module if running in a module, or the current ruleset ID otherwise.

• meta:

  rulesetName

  moduleVersion() - returns the

  name from the meta sections of

  version of the module if running in a module, or the current ruleset version otherwise.

• meta:

  rulesetAuthor

  version() - returns the

  author from the meta sections

  version of the

  current

  currently running ruleset.

Note, in the case of meta:

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moduleRID()

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 , meta:moduleVersion(), and meta:inModule(), care has been taken to preserve static behavior. So, for example, if you do the following, you should get the result you expect based on static function semantics:

ruleset my_module {
 
  ...
  global {
    myRid = function() { meta:rid }
  }
}
 
ruleset use_my_module {
  meta {
    use module my_module
  }
  global {
    x = my_module:myRid();
    // x = my_module, not use_my_module
  }
}