Constructor Detail

• TypeSystemUtil

  public TypeSystemUtil()

Method Detail

• typeSystem2TypeSystemDescription

  public static TypeSystemDescription typeSystem2TypeSystemDescription(TypeSystem aTypeSystem)

  Convert a TypeSystem to an equivalent TypeSystemDescription.

  Parameters:

  aTypeSystem - type system object to convert

  Returns:

  a TypeSystemDescription that is equivalent to aTypeSystem

• type2TypeDescription

  public static TypeDescription type2TypeDescription(Type aType,
                                     TypeSystem aTypeSystem)

  Convert a Type to an equivalent TypeDescription.

  Parameters:

  aType - type object to convert

  aTypeSystem - the TypeSystem that contains aType

  Returns:

  a TypeDescription that is equivalent to aType

• feature2FeatureDescription

  public static FeatureDescription feature2FeatureDescription(Feature aFeature)

  Convert a Feature to an equivalent FeatureDescription.

  Parameters:

  aFeature - feature object to convert

  Returns:

  a FeatureDescription that is equivalent to aFeature

• getAllowedValuesForType

  public static String[] getAllowedValuesForType(Type aType,
                                 TypeSystem aTypeSystem)

  Gets the allowed values for a string subtype.

  Parameters:

  aType - the type, which must be a subtype of uima.cas.String

  aTypeSystem - the type system to use

  Returns:

  array of allowed values for aType TODO - this should be a method on Type.