Package org.apache.uima.collection

Interface CollectionReaderDescription

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, MetaDataObject, ResourceCreationSpecifier, ResourceSpecifier, Serializable, XMLizable

All Known Implementing Classes:

CollectionReaderDescription_impl

public interface CollectionReaderDescription
extends ResourceCreationSpecifier

An CollectionReaderDescription contains all of the information needed to instantiate and use an CollectionReader.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ProcessingResourceMetaData	getCollectionReaderMetaData()	Retrieves the metadata that describes the CollectionReader.

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.resource.ResourceCreationSpecifier

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

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

buildFromXMLElement, buildFromXMLElement, toXML, toXML, toXML, toXML

Method Details

getCollectionReaderMetaData

ProcessingResourceMetaData getCollectionReaderMetaData()

Retrieves the metadata that describes the CollectionReader.

Returns:

the ResourceMetaData object containing the CollectionReader's metadata. This object can be modified.