Policy/rule in-lining vs references

In ALFA, policies/rules combined within a policyset/policy are identified by their names. The compiler always in-lines the rules inside the rule-combining block of the policy. A Policy or PolicySet is in-lined if it is defined inside the policy-combining block. If it is referenced, the corresponding references are added.

ALFA allows the Rules to be defined as separate elements. Hence, they can be reused inside many policies by references. But the compiler always in-lines them in the output xml file.