org.apache.uima.analysis_component
Class CasMultiplier_ImplBase

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.uima.analysis_component.AnalysisComponent_ImplBase
      org.apache.uima.analysis_component.CasMultiplier_ImplBase

All Implemented Interfaces:

AnalysisComponent

public abstract class CasMultiplier_ImplBase
extends AnalysisComponent_ImplBase

Base class to be extended by CAS Multipliers that use the CAS interface. A CAS Multiplier can produce multiplie output CASes while processing an input CAS. See AnalysisComponent for a description of how the framework calls the methods on this interface.

Constructor Summary

CasMultiplier_ImplBase()

Method Summary

int	getCasInstancesRequired() Returns the maximum number of CAS instances that this CAS Multiplier expects to use at the same time.
protected CAS	getEmptyCAS() Gets an empty CAS that this CAS Multiplier can then populate.
Class<CAS>	getRequiredCasInterface() Returns the specific CAS interface that this AnalysisComponent requires the framework to pass to its AnalysisComponent.process(AbstractCas) method.
void	process(AbstractCas aCAS) Inputs a CAS to the AnalysisComponent.
abstract void	process(CAS aCAS) This method should be overriden by subclasses.
void	typeSystemInit(TypeSystem aTypeSystem) Informs this annotator that the CAS TypeSystem has changed.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.uima.analysis_component.AnalysisComponent_ImplBase

batchProcessComplete, collectionProcessComplete, destroy, getContext, getResultSpecification, initialize, reconfigure, setResultSpecification

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.uima.analysis_component.AnalysisComponent

hasNext, next

Constructor Detail

CasMultiplier_ImplBase

public CasMultiplier_ImplBase()

Method Detail

getRequiredCasInterface

public final Class<CAS> getRequiredCasInterface()

Description copied from interface: AnalysisComponent

Returns the specific CAS interface that this AnalysisComponent requires the framework to pass to its AnalysisComponent.process(AbstractCas) method.

Returns:

the required CAS interface. This must specify a subtype of AbstractCas.

getCasInstancesRequired

public int getCasInstancesRequired()

Returns the maximum number of CAS instances that this CAS Multiplier expects to use at the same time. Returns a default value of 1, which will be sufficient for most CAS Multipliers. Only if there is a clear need should this be overridden to return something greater than 1.

Returns:

the number of CAS instances required by this AnalysisComponent.

process

public final void process(AbstractCas aCAS)
                   throws AnalysisEngineProcessException

Description copied from interface: AnalysisComponent

Inputs a CAS to the AnalysisComponent. The AnalysisComponent "owns" this CAS until such time as AnalysisComponent.hasNext() is called and returns false or until process is called again (see class description).

Parameters:

aCAS - A CAS that this AnalysisComponent should process. The framework will ensure that aCAS implements the specific CAS interface specified by the AnalysisComponent.getRequiredCasInterface() method.

Throws:

AnalysisEngineProcessException - if a problem occurs during processing

process

public abstract void process(CAS aCAS)
                      throws AnalysisEngineProcessException

This method should be overriden by subclasses. Inputs a CAS to the AnalysisComponent. The AnalysisComponent "owns" this CAS until such time as AnalysisComponent.hasNext() is called and returns false, or until the process method is called again (see AnalysisComponent for details).

Parameters:

aCAS - A CAS that this AnalysisComponent should process.

Throws:

AnalysisEngineProcessException - if a problem occurs during processing

typeSystemInit

public void typeSystemInit(TypeSystem aTypeSystem)
                    throws AnalysisEngineProcessException

Informs this annotator that the CAS TypeSystem has changed. The Analysis Engine calls this method immediately following the call to AnalysisComponent_ImplBase.initialize(org.apache.uima.UimaContext), and will call it again whenever the CAS TypeSystem changes.

In this method, the Annotator should use the TypeSystem to resolve the names of Type and Features to the actual Type and Feature objects, which can then be used during processing.

Throws:

AnalysisEngineProcessException - if the provided type system is missing types or features required by this annotator

getEmptyCAS

protected final CAS getEmptyCAS()

Gets an empty CAS that this CAS Multiplier can then populate.

Returns:

an empty CAS