org.apache.uima.util
Class TypeSystemUtil

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

public class TypeSystemUtil
extends Object

Constructor Summary

TypeSystemUtil()

Method Summary

static FeatureDescription	feature2FeatureDescription(Feature aFeature) Convert a Feature to an equivalent FeatureDescription.
static String[]	getAllowedValuesForType(Type aType, TypeSystem aTypeSystem) Gets the allowed values for a string subtype.
static TypeDescription	type2TypeDescription(Type aType, TypeSystem aTypeSystem) Convert a Type to an equivalent TypeDescription.
static TypeSystemDescription	typeSystem2TypeSystemDescription(TypeSystem aTypeSystem) Convert a TypeSystem to an equivalent TypeSystemDescription.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TypeSystemUtil

public TypeSystemUtil()

Method Detail

typeSystem2TypeSystemDescription

public static TypeSystemDescription typeSystem2TypeSystemDescription(TypeSystem aTypeSystem)

Convert a TypeSystem to an equivalent TypeSystemDescription.

Parameters:

aTypeSystem - type system object to convert

Returns:

a TypeSystemDescription that is equivalent to aTypeSystem

type2TypeDescription

public static TypeDescription type2TypeDescription(Type aType,
                                                   TypeSystem aTypeSystem)

Convert a Type to an equivalent TypeDescription.

Parameters:

aType - type object to convert

aTypeSystem - the TypeSystem that contains aType

Returns:

a TypeDescription that is equivalent to aType

feature2FeatureDescription

public static FeatureDescription feature2FeatureDescription(Feature aFeature)

Convert a Feature to an equivalent FeatureDescription.

Parameters:

aFeature - feature object to convert

Returns:

a FeatureDescription that is equivalent to aFeature

getAllowedValuesForType

public static String[] getAllowedValuesForType(Type aType,
                                               TypeSystem aTypeSystem)

Gets the allowed values for a string subtype.

Parameters:

aType - the type, which must be a subtype of uima.cas.String

Returns:

array of allowed values for aType TODO - this should be a method on Type.