Let's remove Arden package from Platform 2.0

[burke (Burke Mamlin)]

@tmdugan

Before dropping it, make sure it is put in a module and tested. We are using it in production for CHICA. It can’t completely go away.

Removing the arden package from Platform 2.0 won’t prevent anyone from moving the package into a module, since the code will still be in all earlier versions of the Platform. But I’m a little confused:

How can I call an Arden Syntax MLM file in Java?

I can clarify a few things. We are using the Arden Service with OpenMRS 1.7.x. We have a new version of the parser that uses Arden2Bytecode that is much better. The old version has some problems and is not Arden compliant. I am familiar with the parser code and can answer questions about it if needed. Vibha wrote the grammar for the parser and I wrote most of the java translation to logic rules. We have the code changes for OpenMRS in an private IU repository at the moment. If you are interested…

In your comment, you said “We have a new version of the parser that uses Arden2Bytecode that is much better.” The org.openmrs.arden package in openmrs-core doesn’t appear to be maintained, so I assumed you’re maintaining the Arden parser you mentioned somewhere else. If so, would that be what we’d want to put into a module instead of the old code in openmrs-core?