org.apache.uima.util
Class AnalysisEngineUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.uima.util.AnalysisEngineUtils

public class AnalysisEngineUtils
extends Object

Static utility methods relating to analysis engines.

Constructor Summary

AnalysisEngineUtils()

Method Summary

static FSMatchConstraint

createOutputFilter(AnalysisEngineMetaData aMetaData) Creates a FSMatchConstraint used when formatting the CAS for output.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AnalysisEngineUtils

public AnalysisEngineUtils()

Method Detail

createOutputFilter

public static FSMatchConstraint createOutputFilter(AnalysisEngineMetaData aMetaData)

Creates a FSMatchConstraint used when formatting the CAS for output. This constraint filters the feature structures in the CAS so that the only feature sturctures that are outputted are those of types specified in the Analysis Engine's capability specification.

Parameters:

aMetaData - metadata for the text analysis engine that is producing the results to be filtered

Returns:

the filter to be passed to TCasFormatter.format(CAS,FSMatchConstraint).