From 70bfdd6fc4f2deabdaca8d40b41122a25842d455 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Fintinariu <fintinariu.daniel@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 08:17:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Added forward chaining example

---
 .../forward_chaining/ForwardChaining.java     | 31 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 drools/src/main/java/com/baeldung/drools/forward_chaining/ForwardChaining.java

diff --git a/drools/src/main/java/com/baeldung/drools/forward_chaining/ForwardChaining.java b/drools/src/main/java/com/baeldung/drools/forward_chaining/ForwardChaining.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..48a00e9a86b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drools/src/main/java/com/baeldung/drools/forward_chaining/ForwardChaining.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package com.baeldung.drools.forward_chaining;
+
+import com.baeldung.drools.config.DroolsBeanFactory;
+import com.baeldung.drools.model.Applicant;
+import com.baeldung.drools.model.Product;
+import com.baeldung.drools.model.SuggestedRole;
+import org.kie.api.runtime.KieSession;
+
+public class ForwardChaining {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        ForwardChaining result = new ForwardChaining();
+        result.forwardChaining();
+    }
+
+    private void forwardChaining() {
+        KieSession ksession = new DroolsBeanFactory().getKieSession();
+        try {
+            Applicant applicant = new Applicant("Daniel", 38, 1_600_000.0, 11);
+            SuggestedRole suggestedRole = new SuggestedRole();
+
+            ksession.setGlobal("suggestedRole", suggestedRole);
+            ksession.insert(applicant);
+
+            int fired = ksession.fireAllRules();
+            System.out.println("Rules fired: " + fired);
+            System.out.println("Suggested role: " + suggestedRole.getRole());
+        } finally {
+            ksession.dispose();
+        }
+    }
+}

From 60c04d156b935bd69e59582b11a856719f86847b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Fintinariu <fintinariu.daniel@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 08:19:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Updated pom

---
 drools/pom.xml                                |  6 ++--
 .../forward_chaining/ForwardChaining.java     | 28 +++++++++----------
 .../drools/rules/SuggestApplicant.drl         |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drools/pom.xml b/drools/pom.xml
index b8a4f2e9903b..19dd115f65e0 100644
--- a/drools/pom.xml
+++ b/drools/pom.xml
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@
 
     <properties>
         <httpcore.version>4.4.16</httpcore.version>
-        <drools.version>9.44.0.Final</drools.version>
-        <poi.version>5.2.3</poi.version>
-        <optaplanner-core.version>8.32.0.Final</optaplanner-core.version>
+        <drools.version>10.1.0</drools.version>
+        <poi.version>5.4.1</poi.version>
+        <optaplanner-core.version>9.44.0.Final</optaplanner-core.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/drools/src/main/java/com/baeldung/drools/forward_chaining/ForwardChaining.java b/drools/src/main/java/com/baeldung/drools/forward_chaining/ForwardChaining.java
index 48a00e9a86b1..aeaff19edf4c 100644
--- a/drools/src/main/java/com/baeldung/drools/forward_chaining/ForwardChaining.java
+++ b/drools/src/main/java/com/baeldung/drools/forward_chaining/ForwardChaining.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import com.baeldung.drools.config.DroolsBeanFactory;
 import com.baeldung.drools.model.Applicant;
-import com.baeldung.drools.model.Product;
 import com.baeldung.drools.model.SuggestedRole;
 import org.kie.api.runtime.KieSession;
 
@@ -12,20 +11,19 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
         result.forwardChaining();
     }
 
-    private void forwardChaining() {
-        KieSession ksession = new DroolsBeanFactory().getKieSession();
-        try {
-            Applicant applicant = new Applicant("Daniel", 38, 1_600_000.0, 11);
-            SuggestedRole suggestedRole = new SuggestedRole();
+private void forwardChaining() {
+    KieSession ksession = new DroolsBeanFactory().getKieSession();
+    Applicant applicant = new Applicant("Daniel", 38, 1_600_000.0, 11);
+    SuggestedRole suggestedRole = new SuggestedRole();
 
-            ksession.setGlobal("suggestedRole", suggestedRole);
-            ksession.insert(applicant);
+    ksession.setGlobal("suggestedRole", suggestedRole);
+    ksession.insert(applicant);
+
+    int fired = ksession.fireAllRules();
+    System.out.println("Rules fired: " + fired);
+    System.out.println("Suggested role: " + suggestedRole.getRole());
+
+    ksession.dispose();
+}
 
-            int fired = ksession.fireAllRules();
-            System.out.println("Rules fired: " + fired);
-            System.out.println("Suggested role: " + suggestedRole.getRole());
-        } finally {
-            ksession.dispose();
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/drools/src/main/resources/com/baeldung/drools/rules/SuggestApplicant.drl b/drools/src/main/resources/com/baeldung/drools/rules/SuggestApplicant.drl
index 3deb037571a9..9d9ed7d1c96f 100644
--- a/drools/src/main/resources/com/baeldung/drools/rules/SuggestApplicant.drl
+++ b/drools/src/main/resources/com/baeldung/drools/rules/SuggestApplicant.drl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rule "Suggest Manager Role"
         suggestedRole.setRole("Manager");
 end
 
-rule "Suggest Senior developer Role"
+rule "Suggest Senior Developer Role"
     when
         Applicant(experienceInYears > 5 && experienceInYears <= 10)
         Applicant(currentSalary > 500000 && currentSalary <= 1500000)