org.apache.uima.flow
Interface FlowControllerDescription

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, MetaDataObject, ResourceCreationSpecifier, ResourceSpecifier, Serializable, XMLizable

public interface FlowControllerDescription
extends ResourceCreationSpecifier

A FlowControllerDescription contains all of the information needed to instantiate and use a FlowController.

Method Summary

ProcessingResourceMetaData

getFlowControllerMetaData() Retrieves the metadata that describes the FlowController.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.uima.resource.ResourceCreationSpecifier

doFullValidation, doFullValidation, getExternalResourceDependencies, getExternalResourceDependency, getFrameworkImplementation, getImplementationName, getMetaData, getResourceManagerConfiguration, setExternalResourceDependencies, setFrameworkImplementation, setImplementationName, setMetaData, setResourceManagerConfiguration, validate, validate

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.uima.resource.metadata.MetaDataObject

clone, equals, getAttributeValue, getSourceUrl, getSourceUrlString, isModifiable, listAttributes, setAttributeValue, setSourceUrl

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.uima.util.XMLizable

buildFromXMLElement, buildFromXMLElement, toXML, toXML, toXML, toXML

Method Detail

getFlowControllerMetaData

ProcessingResourceMetaData getFlowControllerMetaData()

Retrieves the metadata that describes the FlowController.

Returns:

the ProcessingResourceMetaData object containing the FlowController's metadata. This object can be modified.