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## 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.

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