opennlp.uima.util
Class AnnotationComparator

java.lang.Object
  opennlp.uima.util.AnnotationComparator

Type Parameters:

T -

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.Comparator<org.apache.uima.cas.text.AnnotationFS>

public class AnnotationComparator
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Comparator<org.apache.uima.cas.text.AnnotationFS>

Checks two annotations for equality.

Constructor Summary

AnnotationComparator()

Method Summary

int	compare(org.apache.uima.cas.text.AnnotationFS a, org.apache.uima.cas.text.AnnotationFS b) Compares the begin indexes of the annotations.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals

Constructor Detail

AnnotationComparator

public AnnotationComparator()

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(org.apache.uima.cas.text.AnnotationFS a,
                   org.apache.uima.cas.text.AnnotationFS b)

Compares the begin indexes of the annotations.

Specified by:

compare in interface java.util.Comparator<org.apache.uima.cas.text.AnnotationFS>

Parameters:

a - - first anntoation

b - - second annotation

Returns:

0 if equals, < 0 if before and > 0 if after