Imports

[RHINESEL (Matthew Valeri)]

I have pretty much zero experience in programming. Starting to work with rules and in examples found online there are all different imports.

Is there a standard group of imports I should have in my rules files? I understand they may all not be needed or used within the file but basically… I don’t know enough to know what I’m supposed to know.

Would it be feasible to have a template of imports so that I can just stick it in every rule file and be covered 99% of the time?

[sihui]

Take a look here:

[Solved] Rules not working

Figuring out the imports is a bit tricky in OH 1. In OH 2 you barely have to import anything any longer so it is much easier. So here is short list of some standard imports. org.openhab.model.script.actions.* : to use Timers org.openhab.core.library.types.* : use when you need to cast to a specific type of state (e.g. use “as DecimalType”) org.openhab.core.library.item.* : use when you need to cast to a specific type of Item (e.g. use “as NumberItem”) org.joda.time.* : use when you need to cr…

[RHINESEL (Matthew Valeri)]

Thanks!