Annotation Interface TypeCapability

@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target(TYPE)
public @interface TypeCapability

A typical use of this annotation might look something like:

@TypeCapability(
  inputs="org.apache.uima.fit.type.Token", 
  outputs="org.apache.uima.fit.type.Token:pos")

or

@TypeCapability(
  inputs={"org.apache.uima.fit.type.Token","org.apache.uima.fit.type.Sentence"}, 
  outputs={"org.apache.uima.fit.type.Token:pos", "org.apache.uima.tutorial.RoomNumber"})

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	NO_DEFAULT_VALUE	Provides the default value for the inputs and the outputs that tells the CapabilityFactory that no value has been given to the inputs or outputs elements.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
String[]	inputs	inputs can be type names or feature names.
String[]	outputs	outputs can be type names or feature names.

Field Details

NO_DEFAULT_VALUE

static final String NO_DEFAULT_VALUE

Provides the default value for the inputs and the outputs that tells the CapabilityFactory that no value has been given to the inputs or outputs elements.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Element Details

inputs

String[] inputs

inputs can be type names or feature names. A feature name typically looks like a type name followed by a colon (':') followed by the feature name. A valid feature name from the uimaFIT test type system is "org.apache.uima.fit.type.Token:pos"

Returns:

the input types

Default:

{"org.apache.uima.fit.descriptor.TypeCapability.NO_DEFAULT_VALUE"}

outputs

String[] outputs

outputs can be type names or feature names. A feature name typically looks like a type name followed by a colon (':') followed by the feature name. A valid feature name from the uimaFIT test type system is "org.apache.uima.fit.type.Token:pos"

Returns:

the output types

Default:

{"org.apache.uima.fit.descriptor.TypeCapability.NO_DEFAULT_VALUE"}