Package org.apache.uima.cas.impl

Interface LowLevelIterator<T extends FeatureStructure>

All Superinterfaces:
FSIterator<T>, Iterator<T>, ListIterator<T>
All Known Implementing Classes:
FsIterator_multiple_indexes, FsIterator_singletype, FsIterator_subtypes_ordered, FsIterator_subtypes_snapshot, FSIteratorImplBase, LLUnambiguousIteratorImpl, LowLevelIterator_empty, Subiterator
public interface LowLevelIterator<T extends FeatureStructure> extends FSIterator<T>
Low-level FS iterator. Returns FS references, instead of FS objects.
See Also:

  • Field Details

  • Method Details

    • ll_get

      default int ll_get() throws NoSuchElementException
      Return the current FS reference.
      Returns:
      The current FS reference.
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - Iff the iterator is not valid.

    • moveTo

      default void moveTo(int fsRef)
      Try to position the iterator so that the current element is greater than or equal to fsRef, and previous elements are less than fsRef. This may invalidate the iterator. If fsRef can not be compared to FSs in the index, the results are undefined.
      Parameters:
      fsRef - The FS reference the iterator should be set to.

    • ll_indexSizeMaybeNotCurrent

      int ll_indexSizeMaybeNotCurrent()
      Returns:
      The size of the index. In case of copy-on-write, this returns the size of the index at the time the iterator was created, or at the last moveTo, moveToFirst, or moveToLast. To get the current index size, use ll_getIndex().getSize()

    • ll_getIndex

      LowLevelIndex<T> ll_getIndex()
      Get the index for just the top most type of this iterator (excludes subtypes).
      Returns:
      The index.

    • ll_maxAnnotSpan

      int ll_maxAnnotSpan()
      Returns:
      an estimate of the maximum span over all annotations (end - begin)

    • isIndexesHaveBeenUpdated

      boolean isIndexesHaveBeenUpdated()
      Returns:
      true if one or more of the underlying indexes this iterator goes over, has been updated since initialization or resetting operation (moveToFirst/Last/feature_structure). This includes empty iterators becoming non-empty.

    • maybeReinitIterator

      boolean maybeReinitIterator()
      Internal use
      Returns:
      true if the iterator was refreshed to match the current index

    • moveToFirst

      default void moveToFirst()
      Description copied from interface: FSIterator
      Move the iterator to the first element. The iterator will be valid iff the underlying collection is non-empty. Allowed even if the underlying indexes being iterated over were modified.
      Specified by:
      moveToFirst in interface FSIterator<T extends FeatureStructure>

    • moveToLast

      default void moveToLast()
      Description copied from interface: FSIterator
      Move the iterator to the last element. The iterator will be valid iff the underlying collection is non-empty. Allowed even if the underlying indexes being iterated over were modified.
      Specified by:
      moveToLast in interface FSIterator<T extends FeatureStructure>

    • moveTo

      default void moveTo(FeatureStructure fs)
      Description copied from interface: FSIterator
      Move the iterator to the first Feature Structure that matches the fs. First means the earliest one occurring in the index, in case multiple FSs matching the fs are in the index. If no such feature structure exists in the underlying collection, and the iterator is over a sorted index, set the iterator to the "insertion point" for fs, i.e., to a point where the current feature structure compares greater than fs, and the previous one compares less than fs, using this sorted index's comparator.

      If the fs is greater than all of the entries in the index, the moveTo cannot set the iterator to an insertion point where the current feature structure is greater than fs, so it marks the iterator "invalid".

      If the underlying index is a set or bag index, or an unordered form of iteration is configured (for example using the select API, no ordering is present, and the moveTo operation moves to a matching item, if one exists. The match is done using the index's comparator. If none exist, the index is left if possible in some valid (but non-matching) position.

      When the iterator is over a sorted index whose keys include the typeOrder key, this can cause unexpected operation, depending on type priorities. For example, consider the Annotation Index, which includes this key. If there are many indexed instances of the type "Foo" with the same begin and end, and a moveTo operation is specified using an Annotation instance with the same begin and end, then the Foo elements might or might not be seen going forwards, depending on the relative type priorities of "Foo" and "Annotation".

      If you are not making use of typeOrdering, the "select" APIs can create iterators which will ignore the typeOrdering key when doing the moveTo operation, which will result in all the instances of type "Foo" being seen going forwards, independent of the type priorities. See the select documentation in the version 3 users guide.

      Specified by:
      moveTo in interface FSIterator<T extends FeatureStructure>
      Parameters:
      fs - The feature structure the iterator that supplies the comparison information. It doesn't need to be in the index; it is just being used as a comparison template. It can be a supertype of T as long as it can supply the keys needed. A typical example is a subtype of Annotation, and using an annotation instance to specify the begin / end.

    • moveToFirstNoReinit

      void moveToFirstNoReinit()
      Internal use same as moveToFirst, but won't reset to use current contents of index if index has changed

    • moveToLastNoReinit

      void moveToLastNoReinit()
      Internal use same as moveToLast, but won't reset to use current contents of index if index has changed

    • moveToNoReinit

      void moveToNoReinit(FeatureStructure fs)
      Internal use same as moveTo(fs), but won't reset to use current contents of index if index has changed
      Parameters:
      fs - the fs to use as the template identifying the place to move to

    • getComparator

      Comparator<TOP> getComparator()
      Returns:
      the comparator used by this iterator. It is always a withoutID style, and may be either a withType or NoType style.

    • ll_remove

      default void ll_remove()

    • isMoveToSupported

      default boolean isMoveToSupported()
      Returns:
      false if this iterator is over an unordered collection or set or bag

    • getArrayList

      default void getArrayList(ArrayList<? super T> arrayList)
      Parameters:
      arrayList - updated by adding elements representing the collection of items the iterator would return from its current position to the end NOTE: This operation will move the iterator from its current position to the end.