Package org.apache.uima.jcas.tcas

Class Annotation

java.lang.Object

org.apache.uima.cas.impl.FeatureStructureImpl

org.apache.uima.jcas.cas.TOP

org.apache.uima.jcas.cas.AnnotationBase

org.apache.uima.jcas.tcas.Annotation

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, AnnotationBaseFS, FeatureStructure, AnnotationFS

Direct Known Subclasses:

DocumentAnnotation, SourceDocumentInformation

public class Annotation
extends AnnotationBase
implements AnnotationFS

the JCas class model for the CAS type uima.cas.Annotation. It defines two integer valued features indicating the begin and end of the span being annotated. There is also a method to retrieve the spanned text as a string.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static int	type
static int	typeIndexID

Fields inherited from class org.apache.uima.jcas.cas.TOP

addr, jcasType

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	Annotation()
	Annotation(int addr, TOP_Type type)
	Annotation(JCas jcas)
	Annotation(JCas jcas, int begin, int end)	Constructor with begin and end passed as arguments

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	getBegin()	Get the start position of the annotation as character offset into the text.
java.lang.String	getCoveredText()	Get the text covered by an annotation as a string.
int	getEnd()	Get the end position of the annotation as character offset into the text.
int	getStart()	Deprecated.
int	getTypeIndexID()	used to obtain reference to the TOP_Type instance
void	setBegin(int v)
void	setEnd(int v)

Methods inherited from class org.apache.uima.jcas.cas.AnnotationBase

getSofa, getView

Methods inherited from class org.apache.uima.jcas.cas.TOP

addToIndexes, addToIndexes, equals, getAddress, getCAS, getCASImpl, getLowLevelCas, hashCode, removeFromIndexes, removeFromIndexes

Methods inherited from class org.apache.uima.cas.impl.FeatureStructureImpl

clone, getavoidcollisionTypeCode, getBooleanValue, getByteValue, getDoubleValue, getFeatureValue, getFeatureValueAsString, getFloatValue, getIntValue, getLongValue, getShortValue, getStringValue, getType, prettyPrint, prettyPrint, prettyPrint, setBooleanValue, setByteValue, setDoubleValue, setFeatureValue, setFeatureValueFromString, setFloatValue, setIntValue, setLongValue, setShortValue, setStringValue, toString, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.uima.cas.AnnotationBaseFS

getView

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.uima.cas.FeatureStructure

clone, equals, getBooleanValue, getByteValue, getCAS, getDoubleValue, getFeatureValue, getFeatureValueAsString, getFloatValue, getIntValue, getLongValue, getShortValue, getStringValue, getType, hashCode, setBooleanValue, setByteValue, setDoubleValue, setFeatureValue, setFeatureValueFromString, setFloatValue, setIntValue, setLongValue, setShortValue, setStringValue

Field Detail

typeIndexID

public static final int typeIndexID

type

public static final int type

Constructor Detail

Annotation

protected Annotation()

Annotation

public Annotation(int addr,
                  TOP_Type type)

Annotation

public Annotation(JCas jcas)

Annotation

public Annotation(JCas jcas,
                  int begin,
                  int end)

Constructor with begin and end passed as arguments

Parameters:

jcas - JCas

begin - begin offset

end - end offset

Method Detail

getTypeIndexID

public int getTypeIndexID()

Description copied from class: TOP

used to obtain reference to the TOP_Type instance

Overrides:

getTypeIndexID in class AnnotationBase

Returns:

the type array index

getBegin

public int getBegin()

Description copied from interface: AnnotationFS

Get the start position of the annotation as character offset into the text. The smallest possible start position is 0, the offset of the first character in the text.

Specified by:

getBegin in interface AnnotationFS

Returns:

The start position.

setBegin

public void setBegin(int v)

getEnd

public int getEnd()

Description copied from interface: AnnotationFS

Get the end position of the annotation as character offset into the text. The end position points at the first character after the annotation, such that (getEnd()-getBegin()) == getCoveredText().length().

Specified by:

getEnd in interface AnnotationFS

Returns:

The end position.

setEnd

public void setEnd(int v)

getCoveredText

public java.lang.String getCoveredText()

Description copied from interface: AnnotationFS

Get the text covered by an annotation as a string. If docText is your document text and annot an annotation, then annot.getCoveredText().equals(docText.substring(annot.getBegin(), annot.getEnd())).

Specified by:

getCoveredText in interface AnnotationFS

Returns:

String

See Also:

AnnotationFS.getCoveredText()

getStart

@Deprecated
public int getStart()

Deprecated.

Returns:

the Annotation "begin" feature value

See Also:

getBegin()