Package org.apache.uima.fit.util

package org.apache.uima.fit.util

Utility classes like CasUtil and JCasUtil.

Sort order

The various select methods in CasUtil and JCasUtil rely on the UIMA feature structure indexes. Their behaviour differs depending on the type of feature structure being selected and where they are selected from:

Selecting from a CAS/JCas

1. Annotations - if the type being selected is Annotation or a sub-type thereof, the built-in annotation index is used. This index has the keys begin (Ascending), end (Descending) and TYPE_PRIORITY. There are no built-in type priorities, so this last sort item does not play a role in the index unless type priorities are specified. uimaFIT uses CAS.getAnnotationIndex(org.apache.uima.cas.Type) to access annotation feature structures.
2. Other feature structures - if feature structures are selected that are not annotations, the order should be considered undefined. uimaFIT uses FSIndexRepository.getAllIndexedFS(org.apache.uima.cas.Type) to access these feature structures.

Selecting from a ArrayFS/FSArray/FSList

When selecting from a feature structure list or array, the order is determined by the order of the annotations inside the list/array.

Class	Description
CasIOUtil	Deprecated. Since UIMA 2.9.0 the core class CasIOUtils should be used.
CasUtil	Utility methods for convenient access to the CAS.
ContainmentIndex<S extends AnnotationFS,U extends AnnotationFS>	Create a fast way of repeatedly checking whether instances of one type are contained within the boundaries on another type.
ContainmentIndex.Type
FSCollectionFactory	Bridge between Java Collections from different representations of collections of UIMA FeatureStructures.
FSUtil
JCasUtil	Utility methods for convenient access to the JCas.
LifeCycleUtil	Helper methods to handle the life cycle of UIMA components.
LocaleUtil
SimpleNamedResourceManager	EXPERIMENTAL CODE