org.apache.uima.cas_data
Interface CasData

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

public interface CasData
extends Serializable

Interface for directly accessing and manipulating the data in the Common Analysis Structure.

The CAS Data is a collection of FeatureStructures, where each FeatureStructure has an optional ID, a type (represented as a string), and a collection of features, which are attribute-value pairs. Feature names are strings, and their values may be primitives (String, integer, or float) or references, via ID, to one or more other FeatureStuctures. Circular references are allowed.

Note on Arrays: Arrays are represented by ArrayFS, which is a subtype of FeatureStructure. Arrays are NOT primitive values. See FeatureStructure for more information.

FeatureStructures also have a property indexed, which determines whether the FeatureStructure should be added to the CAS's indexes if the CAS Data is converted to a CAS Object. The CasData itself does not provide indexes.

Method Summary

void	addFeatureStructure(FeatureStructure aFS) Adds a FeatureStructure to the list of top-level FeatureStructures contained in this CasData.
Iterator<FeatureStructure>	getFeatureStructures() Get an iterator over all top-level FeatureStructures, in no particular order.
void	removeFeatureStructure(FeatureStructure aFS) Removes a FeatureStructure to this CasData.

Method Detail

getFeatureStructures

Iterator<FeatureStructure> getFeatureStructures()

Get an iterator over all top-level FeatureStructures, in no particular order.

Returns:

an iterator over FeatureStructure objects.

addFeatureStructure

void addFeatureStructure(FeatureStructure aFS)

Adds a FeatureStructure to the list of top-level FeatureStructures contained in this CasData.

Parameters:

aFS - the FeatureStructure to be added

removeFeatureStructure

void removeFeatureStructure(FeatureStructure aFS)

Removes a FeatureStructure to this CasData. Note that this only removes the FeatureStructure from the top-level list. If the FeatureStructure is a value of a feature, it is will still be accessible through that path.

Parameters:

aFS - the FeatureStructure to be removed