org.apache.uima.resource.metadata
Interface Capability

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, MetaDataObject, Serializable, XMLizable

public interface Capability
extends MetaDataObject

A Capability defines an operation that an Resource can carry out. Each Capability consists of the following information:

• The output types and features that the Resource can produce in the CAS
• The input types and features that are required
• The Sofa names of input Sofas that are required
• The Sofa names of output Sofas that the resource can produce
• Preconditions that must be satisfied in order for processing to begin. In a text analysis engine, the most common precondition is a check on the language of the document.

As with all MetaDataObjects, a Capability may or may not be modifiable. An application can find out by calling the MetaDataObject.isModifiable() method.

Method Summary

void	addInputFeature(String aFeatureName) A convenience method that adds an input Feature to this Capability.
void	addInputSofa(String aSofaName) A convenience method that adds an input Sofa name to this Capability.
void	addInputType(String aTypeName, boolean aAllAnnotatorFeatures) A convenience method that adds an input Type to this Capability.
void	addOutputFeature(String aFeatureName) A convenience method that adds an output Feature to this Capability.
void	addOutputSofa(String aSofaName) A convenience method that adds an output Sofa name to this Capability.
void	addOutputType(String aTypeName, boolean aAllAnnotatorFeatures) A convenience method that adds an output Type to this Capability.
void	addSupportedLanguage(String aLanguage) A convenience method that adds a supported language to this Capability.
String	getDescription() Gets the description of this Capability.
TypeOrFeature[]	getInputs() Gets the inputs of this Capability.
String[]	getInputSofas() Gets the inputs Sofa names of this Capability.
String[]	getLanguagesSupported() A convenience method that analyzes the preconditions of this Capability and returns the ISO language identifiers that the Resource supports.
String[]	getMimeTypesSupported() A convenience method that analyzes the preconditions of this Capability and returns the MIME types that the Resource can take as input.
TypeOrFeature[]	getOutputs() Gets the outputs of this Capability.
String[]	getOutputSofas() Gets the output Sofa names of this Capability.
Precondition[]	getPreconditions() Retrieves the preconditions that must be satisfied in order for the Resource to begin processing.
void	removeSupportedLanguage(String aLanguage) A convenience method that removes a supported language from this Capability.
void	setDescription(String aDescription) Sets the description of this Capability.
void	setInputs(TypeOrFeature[] aInputs) Sets the inputs of this Capability.
void	setInputSofas(String[] aInputSofas) Reserved for future use.
void	setLanguagesSupported(String[] aLanguageIDs) A convenience method that sets the languages that this Resource supports.
void	setMimeTypesSupported(String[] aMimeTypes) A convenience method that sets the MIME types that this Resource can take as input.
void	setOutputs(TypeOrFeature[] aOutputs) Sets the outputs of this Capability.
void	setOutputSofas(String[] aOutputSofas) Sets the output Sofa names of this capabilitty
void	setPreconditions(Precondition[] aPreconditions) Sets the Preconditions of this Capability.

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

getDescription

String getDescription()

Gets the description of this Capability.

Returns:

the description of this Capability.

setDescription

void setDescription(String aDescription)

Sets the description of this Capability.

Parameters:

aDescription - aDescription the description of this Capability.

getInputs

TypeOrFeature[] getInputs()

Gets the inputs of this Capability.

Returns:

an array of references to Types or Features in this Resource's Type System.

getOutputs

TypeOrFeature[] getOutputs()

Gets the outputs of this Capability.

Returns:

an array of references to Types or Features in this Resource's TypeSystem.

getInputSofas

String[] getInputSofas()

Gets the inputs Sofa names of this Capability.

Returns:

an array of strings representing the SofAName

getOutputSofas

String[] getOutputSofas()

Gets the output Sofa names of this Capability.

Returns:

an array of strings representing output SofA names

getPreconditions

Precondition[] getPreconditions()

Retrieves the preconditions that must be satisfied in order for the Resource to begin processing.

Returns:

an unmodifiable list of Preconditions.

getLanguagesSupported

String[] getLanguagesSupported()

A convenience method that analyzes the preconditions of this Capability and returns the ISO language identifiers that the Resource supports. This is only meaningful when analyzing text documents.

Returns:

an array of ISO language identifiers. An empty array means that the Resource claims to be language-independent.

getMimeTypesSupported

String[] getMimeTypesSupported()

A convenience method that analyzes the preconditions of this Capability and returns the MIME types that the Resource can take as input.

Returns:

an array of MIME types. This may be empty if the Resource does not declare MIME type preconditions.

setInputs

void setInputs(TypeOrFeature[] aInputs)

Sets the inputs of this Capability.

Parameters:

aInputs - an array of references to Types or Features in this Resource's TypeSystem.

setOutputs

void setOutputs(TypeOrFeature[] aOutputs)

Sets the outputs of this Capability.

Parameters:

aOutputs - an array of references to Types or Features in this Resource's TypeSystem.

setInputSofas

void setInputSofas(String[] aInputSofas)

Reserved for future use.

setOutputSofas

void setOutputSofas(String[] aOutputSofas)

Sets the output Sofa names of this capabilitty

Parameters:

aOutputSofas - an array of strings containing SoFA name

setPreconditions

void setPreconditions(Precondition[] aPreconditions)

Sets the Preconditions of this Capability.

Parameters:

aPreconditions - an array of Precondition objects

Throws:

UIMA_UnsupportedOperationException - if this MetaDataObject is not modifiable.

setLanguagesSupported

void setLanguagesSupported(String[] aLanguageIDs)

A convenience method that sets the languages that this Resource supports. This is only meaningful when text documents are analyzed.

Calling this method affects the preconditions of this Capability. All other language support preconditions will be removed, but non-language related preconditions will be unaffected.

Parameters:

aLanguageIDs - an array of ISO language identifiers. An empty array means that the Resource claims to be language-independent.

setMimeTypesSupported

void setMimeTypesSupported(String[] aMimeTypes)

A convenience method that sets the MIME types that this Resource can take as input.

Calling this method affects the preconditions of this Capability. All other MIME type preconditions will be removed, but other preconditions will be unaffected.

Parameters:

aMimeTypes - an array of MIME types. This may be empty if the Resource does not declare MIME type preconditions.

addInputType

void addInputType(String aTypeName,
                  boolean aAllAnnotatorFeatures)

A convenience method that adds an input Type to this Capability.

Parameters:

aTypeName - the fully qualified type name

aAllAnnotatorFeatures - if true, indicates that this Capability requires as input all features of this type that are specified in the same AnalysisEngine descriptor. If false, features must be explicitly declared by calling addInputFeature(String).

addInputFeature

void addInputFeature(String aFeatureName)

A convenience method that adds an input Feature to this Capability.

Parameters:

aFeatureName - the fully qualified feature name

addOutputType

void addOutputType(String aTypeName,
                   boolean aAllAnnotatorFeatures)

A convenience method that adds an output Type to this Capability.

Parameters:

aTypeName - the fully qualified type name

aAllAnnotatorFeatures - if true, indicates that this Capability declares as output all features of this type that are specified in the same AnalysisEngine descriptor. If false, features must be explicitly declared by calling addOutputFeature(String).

addOutputFeature

void addOutputFeature(String aFeatureName)

A convenience method that adds an output Feature to this Capability.

Parameters:

aFeatureName - the fully qualified feature name

addInputSofa

void addInputSofa(String aSofaName)

A convenience method that adds an input Sofa name to this Capability.

Parameters:

aSofaName -

addOutputSofa

void addOutputSofa(String aSofaName)

A convenience method that adds an output Sofa name to this Capability.

Parameters:

aSofaName -

addSupportedLanguage

void addSupportedLanguage(String aLanguage)

A convenience method that adds a supported language to this Capability.

Parameters:

aLanguage - the ISO language identifier

removeSupportedLanguage

void removeSupportedLanguage(String aLanguage)

A convenience method that removes a supported language from this Capability.

Parameters:

aLanguage - the ISO language identifier