Duration

Ruby integers and floats are extended with several methods to support durations. These methods create a new java.time.Duration object that is used by the Every trigger, delay, the for option and timers.

Extended Methods

Method	Description	Examples
`hour` or `hours`	Convert number to hours	`1.hour`, `2.5 hours`
`minute` or `minutes`	Convert number to minutes	`3.minutes`
`second` or `seconds`	Convert number to seconds	`5.seconds`
`millis` or `millisecond` or `milliseconds` or `ms`	Convert number to milliseconds	`200.ms`

Examples

rule 'run every 30 seconds' do
  every 30.seconds
  run { logger.info('Hello') }
end

rule 'Warn about open door' do
  changed FrontDoor, to: OPEN, for: 10.minutes
  run { |event| logger.info("#{event.item.name} has been open for 10 minutes") }
end

rule 'Timer example' do
  on_start
  run do
    after(3.hours) { logger.info('3 hours have passed') }
  end
end