org.apache.uima.collection
Interface CollectionReaderDescription

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, MetaDataObject, ResourceCreationSpecifier, ResourceSpecifier, Serializable, XMLizable

public interface CollectionReaderDescription
extends ResourceCreationSpecifier

An CollectionReaderDescription contains all of the information needed to instantiate and use an CollectionReader.

Method Summary

ProcessingResourceMetaData

getCollectionReaderMetaData() Retrieves the metadata that describes the CollectionReader.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.uima.resource.ResourceCreationSpecifier

doFullValidation, doFullValidation, getExternalResourceDependencies, getExternalResourceDependency, getFrameworkImplementation, getImplementationName, getMetaData, getResourceManagerConfiguration, setExternalResourceDependencies, setFrameworkImplementation, setImplementationName, setMetaData, setResourceManagerConfiguration, validate, validate

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.uima.resource.metadata.MetaDataObject

clone, equals, getAttributeValue, getSourceUrl, getSourceUrlString, isModifiable, listAttributes, setAttributeValue, setSourceUrl

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.uima.util.XMLizable

buildFromXMLElement, buildFromXMLElement, toXML, toXML, toXML, toXML

Method Detail

getCollectionReaderMetaData

ProcessingResourceMetaData getCollectionReaderMetaData()

Retrieves the metadata that describes the CollectionReader.

Returns:

the ResourceMetaData object containing the CollectionReader's metadata. This object can be modified.