org.apache.uima.cas

Interface AnnotationBaseFS

All Superinterfaces:

FeatureStructure

All Known Subinterfaces:

AnnotationFS

All Known Implementing Classes:

Annotation, AnnotationBase, DocumentAnnotation, SourceDocumentInformation

public interface AnnotationBaseFS
extends FeatureStructure

Annotation Base API.

The AnnotationBase object holds one feature, the Sofa, which is a reference to the SofaFS object associated with subtypes of this type.

It implements the methods to get the CAS view associated with this sofa.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
CAS	getView() Gets the CAS view associated with the Sofa that this Annotation is over.

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

Method Detail

getView

CAS getView()

Gets the CAS view associated with the Sofa that this Annotation is over.

Returns:

the CAS view associated with the Annotation's Sofa