org.apache.uima.cas_data
Interface FeatureValue

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

PrimitiveValue, ReferenceValue

public interface FeatureValue
extends Serializable

The base interface for the value of a feature. Feature values will be implement one of three subinterfaces:

• PrimitiveValue (string, integer, float)
• ReferenceValue (reference, via ID, to another feature structure)

Note that arrays are represented as FeatureStructures, not primitive values. Therefore features with array values will be of type ReferenceValue, where the reference will resolve to an instance of PrimitiveArrayFS or ReferenceArrayFS.

Method Summary

Object

get() Gets the feature value as a Java object.

Method Detail

get

Object get()

Gets the feature value as a Java object.

Returns:

the feature value.