de.julielab.jcore.reader.xmlmapper.typeBuilder

Class StandardTypeBuilder

java.lang.Object

de.julielab.jcore.reader.xmlmapper.typeBuilder.StandardTypeBuilder

All Implemented Interfaces:

TypeBuilder

public class StandardTypeBuilder
extends Object
implements TypeBuilder

In this class, the actual UIMA types are built from the templates which have been filled with values by the type parsers before. The standard type builder uses reflection to build a Type of the typesystem from a ConcreteType

Author:

weigel

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
StandardTypeBuilder() creates an new instance of the StandardTypeBuilder

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
org.apache.uima.jcas.tcas.Annotation	buildType(ConcreteType concreteType, org.apache.uima.jcas.JCas jcas) Instantiates a UIMA type object belonging to the class given by ConcreteType.getFullClassName().

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StandardTypeBuilder

public StandardTypeBuilder()

creates an new instance of the StandardTypeBuilder

Method Detail

buildType

public org.apache.uima.jcas.tcas.Annotation buildType(ConcreteType concreteType,
                                             org.apache.uima.jcas.JCas jcas)
                                               throws org.apache.uima.collection.CollectionException

Instantiates a UIMA type object belonging to the class given by ConcreteType.getFullClassName().

All the type's features are set appropriately to their values given by ConcreteType.getConcreteFeatures().

Specified by:

buildType in interface TypeBuilder

Parameters:

concreteType - A ConcreteType object holding all information required to instantiate an actual object of the UIMA type represented by this object.

jcas - The JCas object the returned Annotation object should be added to.

Returns:

A UIMA Annotation object of the class given by ConcreteType.getFullClassName() with all features and their values given by ConcreteType.getConcreteFeatures().

Throws:

org.apache.uima.collection.CollectionException