Package org.apache.uima.util

Class CasCopier

java.lang.Object
org.apache.uima.util.CasCopier
public class CasCopier extends Object
Utility class for doing deep copies of FeatureStructures from one CAS to another. To handle cases where the source CAS has multiple references to the same FS, you can create one instance of CasCopier and use it to copy multiple FeatureStructures. The CasCopier will remember previously copied FeatureStructures, so if you later copy another FS that has a reference to a previously copied FS, it will not duplicate the multiply-referenced FS. This class makes use of CASImpl methods, but is only passed CAS objects, which may be CAS Wrappers. To make this more feasible, the implementors of CAS Wrappers need to implement the method getLowLevelCas() which should return a reference to the underlying CAS which can be successfully cast to a CASImpl. The source and target view names for FSs are the same except if: - The constructor of the CAS Copier instance specifies two different view names, or - The copyCasView method(s) specify two different view names. In both these cases, the FSs copied are between different views. Feature Structures belonging to one view will be belonging to the other view in the copy. Exception: Feature Structures which are subtypes of AnnotationBase belong to the view associated with the AnnotationBase's sofa reference. The source and target CASs must be separate CASs (that is, not two views of the same CAS), unless the target View name is different from the source view name. The copied FSs have their associated CAS references set to a corresponding view in the target. The corresponding view is the view in the target with the same view name as the source view (perhaps after sofa mapping specified by the target CAS's current component sofa mapping info), except for the copyCasView calls, where the target view is specified explicitly. But if the FS being copied is a subtype of AnnotationBase, then the corresponding view for the copy of the sofa reference (if not null) is used.

  • Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor
    Description
    CasCopier(CAS aSrcCas, CAS aDestCas)
    Creates a new CasCopier that can be used to copy FeatureStructures from one CAS to another.
    CasCopier(CAS aSrcCas, CAS aDestCas, boolean lenient)
    Creates a new CasCopier that can be used to copy FeatureStructures from one CAS to another.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    boolean
    alreadyCopied(int aFS)
    Note: only for backwards compatibility Note: if lenient is in effect, this method will return false for FSs which are not copied because the target doesn't have that type.
    boolean
    alreadyCopied(FeatureStructure aFS)
    Note: if lenient is in effect, this method will return false for FSs which are not copied because the target doesn't have that type.
    boolean
    alreadyCopied(TOP aFS)
    Note: if lenient is in effect, this method will return false for FSs which are not copied because the target doesn't have that type.
    static void
    copyCas(CAS aSrcCas, CAS aDestCas, boolean aCopySofa)
    Does a complete deep copy of one CAS into another CAS.
    static void
    copyCas(CAS aSrcCas, CAS aDestCas, boolean aCopySofa, boolean lenient)
    Does a complete deep copy of one CAS into another CAS.
    void
    copyCasView(String aSrcCasViewName, boolean aCopySofa)
    Does a deep copy of the contents of one CAS View into another CAS's same-named-view If the destination view already exists in the destination CAS, then it will be the target of the copy.
    void
    copyCasView(String aSrcCasViewName, CAS aTgtCasView, boolean aCopySofa)
    Does a deep copy of the contents of one CAS View into another CAS view, with a possibly different name.
    void
    copyCasView(CAS aSrcCasView, boolean aCopySofa)
    Does a deep copy of the contents of one CAS View into another CAS's same-named-view If the destination view already exists in the destination CAS, then it will be the target of the copy.
    void
    copyCasView(CAS aSrcCasView, String aTgtCasViewName, boolean aCopySofa)
    Does a deep copy of the contents of one CAS View into another CAS view, with a possibly different name.
    void
    copyCasView(CAS aSrcCasView, CAS aTgtCasView, boolean aCopySofa)
    Does a deep copy of the contents of one CAS View into another CAS view, with a possibly different name.
    <T extends FeatureStructure>
    T
    copyFs(T aFS)
    Copy 1 feature structure from the originalSrcCas to a new Cas.

    Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

  • Constructor Details

    • CasCopier

      public CasCopier(CAS aSrcCas, CAS aDestCas)
      Creates a new CasCopier that can be used to copy FeatureStructures from one CAS to another. Note that if you are merging data from multiple CASes, you must create a new CasCopier for each source CAS. Note: If the feature structure and/or feature is not defined in the type system of the destination CAS, the copy will fail (in other words, the lenient setting is false, by default).
      Parameters:
      aSrcCas - the CAS to copy from.
      aDestCas - the CAS to copy into.

    • CasCopier

      public CasCopier(CAS aSrcCas, CAS aDestCas, boolean lenient)
      Creates a new CasCopier that can be used to copy FeatureStructures from one CAS to another. Note that if you are merging data from multiple CASes, you must create a new CasCopier for each source CAS. This version of the constructor supports a "lenient copy" option. When set, the CAS copy function will ignore (not attempt to copy) FSs and features not defined in the type system of the destination CAS, rather than throwing an exception.
      Parameters:
      aSrcCas - the CAS to copy from.
      aDestCas - the CAS to copy into.
      lenient - ignore FSs and features not defined in the type system of the destination CAS

  • Method Details

    • copyCas

      public static void copyCas(CAS aSrcCas, CAS aDestCas, boolean aCopySofa)
      Does a complete deep copy of one CAS into another CAS. The contents of each view in the source CAS will be copied to the same-named view in the destination CAS. If the view does not already exist it will be created. All FeatureStructures that are indexed in a view in the source CAS will become indexed in the same-named view in the destination CAS. Note: If the feature structure and/or feature is not defined in the type system of the destination CAS, the copy will fail (in other words, the lenient setting is false, by default).
      Parameters:
      aSrcCas - the CAS to copy from
      aDestCas - the CAS to copy to
      aCopySofa - if true, the sofa data and mimeType of each view will be copied. If false they will not.

    • copyCas

      public static void copyCas(CAS aSrcCas, CAS aDestCas, boolean aCopySofa, boolean lenient)
      Does a complete deep copy of one CAS into another CAS. The contents of each view in the source CAS will be copied to the same-named view in the destination CAS. If the view does not already exist it will be created. All FeatureStructures that are indexed in a view in the source CAS will become indexed in the same-named view in the destination CAS. This version of the method supports a "lenient copy" option. When set, the CAS copy function will ignore (not attempt to copy) FSs and features not defined in the type system of the destination CAS, rather than throwing an exception.
      Parameters:
      aSrcCas - the CAS to copy from
      aDestCas - the CAS to copy to; must be a completely different CAS than the source (that is, not an alternative "view" of the source)
      aCopySofa - if true, the sofa data and mimeType of each view will be copied. If false they will not.
      lenient - ignore FSs and features not defined in the type system of the destination CAS

    • copyCasView

      public void copyCasView(CAS aSrcCasView, boolean aCopySofa)
      Does a deep copy of the contents of one CAS View into another CAS's same-named-view If the destination view already exists in the destination CAS, then it will be the target of the copy. Otherwise, a new view will be created with that name and will become the target of the copy. All FeatureStructures (except for those dropped because the target type system doesn't have the needed type) that are indexed in the source CAS view will become indexed in the target view. Cross-view references may result in creating additional views in the destination CAS; for these views, any Sofa data in the source is *not* copied.
      Parameters:
      aSrcCasView - the CAS to copy from. This must be a view in the src Cas set by the constructor
      aCopySofa - if true, the sofa data and mimeType will be copied. If false they will not.

    • copyCasView

      public void copyCasView(String aSrcCasViewName, boolean aCopySofa)
      Does a deep copy of the contents of one CAS View into another CAS's same-named-view If the destination view already exists in the destination CAS, then it will be the target of the copy. Otherwise, a new view will be created with that name and will become the target of the copy. All FeatureStructures (except for those dropped because the target type system doesn't have the needed type) that are indexed in the source CAS view will become indexed in the target view. Cross-view references may result in creating additional views in the destination CAS; for these views, any Sofa data in the source is *not* copied. Any views created because of cross-view references will have the same view name as in the source.
      Parameters:
      aSrcCasViewName - the name of the view in the source CAS to copy from
      aCopySofa - if true, the sofa data and mimeType will be copied. If false they will not.

    • copyCasView

      public void copyCasView(CAS aSrcCasView, String aTgtCasViewName, boolean aCopySofa)
      Does a deep copy of the contents of one CAS View into another CAS view, with a possibly different name. If the destination view already exists in the destination CAS, then it will be the target of the copy. Otherwise, a new view will be created with that name and will become the target of the copy. All FeatureStructures (except for those dropped because the target type system doesn't have the needed type) that are indexed in the source CAS view will become indexed in the target view. Cross-view references may result in creating additional views in the destination CAS; for these views, any Sofa data in the source is *not* copied. Any views created because of cross-view references will have the same view name as in the source.
      Parameters:
      aSrcCasView - The view in the source to copy from
      aTgtCasViewName - The name of the view in the destination CAS to copy into
      aCopySofa - if true, the sofa data and mimeType will be copied. If false they will not.

    • copyCasView

      public void copyCasView(String aSrcCasViewName, CAS aTgtCasView, boolean aCopySofa)
      Does a deep copy of the contents of one CAS View into another CAS view, with a possibly different name. All FeatureStructures (except for those dropped because the target type system doesn't have the needed type) that are indexed in the source CAS view will become indexed in the target view. Cross-view references may result in creating additional views in the destination CAS; for these views, any Sofa data in the source is *not* copied. Any views created because of cross-view references will have the same view name as in the source.
      Parameters:
      aSrcCasViewName - The name of the view in the Source CAS to copy from
      aTgtCasView - The view in the destination CAS to copy into
      aCopySofa - if true, the sofa data and mimeType will be copied. If false they will not.

    • copyCasView

      public void copyCasView(CAS aSrcCasView, CAS aTgtCasView, boolean aCopySofa)
      Does a deep copy of the contents of one CAS View into another CAS view, with a possibly different name. All FeatureStructures (except for those dropped because the target type system doesn't have the needed type) that are indexed in the source CAS view will become indexed in the target view. Cross-view references may result in creating additional views in the destination CAS; for these views, any Sofa data in the source is *not* copied. Any views created because of cross-view references will have the same view name as in the source. If the source and target views are both views of the same CAS, then Feature Structures in the view are effectively "cloned", with the following change: Subtypes of AnnotationBase in the source whose sofaRef is for the source View are cloned with their sofaRefs changed to the new targetView.
      Parameters:
      aSrcCasView - the CAS view to copy from. This must be a view of the srcCas set in the constructor
      aTgtCasView - the CAS view to copy to. This must be a view of the tgtCas set in the constructor
      aCopySofa - if true, the sofa data and mimeType will be copied. If false they will not. If true and the sofa data is already set in the target, will throw CASRuntimeException

    • copyFs

      public <T extends FeatureStructure> T copyFs(T aFS)
      Copy 1 feature structure from the originalSrcCas to a new Cas. No indexing of the new FS is done. If the FS has been copied previously (using this CasCopier instance) the same identical copy will be returned rather than making another copy. View handling: ignores the view of the targetCas
      Type Parameters:
      T - the generic type of the returned Feature Structure
      Parameters:
      aFS - the Feature Structure to copy
      Returns:
      a deep copy of the Feature Structure - any referred to FSs will also be copied, or null if the target CAS doesn't define a corresponding type

    • alreadyCopied

      public boolean alreadyCopied(FeatureStructure aFS)
      Note: if lenient is in effect, this method will return false for FSs which are not copied because the target doesn't have that type. It also returns false for sofa FSs and the documentAnnotation FS.
      Parameters:
      aFS - a feature structure
      Returns:
      true if the given FS has already been copied using this CasCopier.

    • alreadyCopied

      public boolean alreadyCopied(TOP aFS)
      Note: if lenient is in effect, this method will return false for FSs which are not copied because the target doesn't have that type. It also returns false for sofa FSs and the documentAnnotation FS.
      Parameters:
      aFS - a feature structure
      Returns:
      true if the given FS has already been copied using this CasCopier.

    • alreadyCopied

      public boolean alreadyCopied(int aFS)
      Note: only for backwards compatibility Note: if lenient is in effect, this method will return false for FSs which are not copied because the target doesn't have that type. It also returns false for sofa FSs and the documentAnnotation FS.
      Parameters:
      aFS - a feature structure
      Returns:
      true if the given FS has already been copied using this CasCopier.