Fix for possible null Events.
diff --git a/ctakes-temporal/src/main/java/org/apache/ctakes/temporal/cc/EventTimeAnaforaWriter.java b/ctakes-temporal/src/main/java/org/apache/ctakes/temporal/cc/EventTimeAnaforaWriter.java
index 5c3807c..df0c361 100644
--- a/ctakes-temporal/src/main/java/org/apache/ctakes/temporal/cc/EventTimeAnaforaWriter.java
+++ b/ctakes-temporal/src/main/java/org/apache/ctakes/temporal/cc/EventTimeAnaforaWriter.java
@@ -161,8 +161,11 @@
static private Element createEventPropertiesElement( final EventMention eventMention,
final Document doc ) {
- final Element properties = doc.createElement( "properties" );
final Event event = eventMention.getEvent();
+ if ( event == null ) {
+ return createNullEventProperties( IdentifiedAnnotationUtil.isNegated( eventMention ) , doc );
+ }
+ final Element properties = doc.createElement( "properties" );
final EventProperties eventProperties = event.getProperties();
Element docTimeRel = doc.createElement( "DocTimeRel" );
final String dtrContent = eventProperties.getDocTimeRel();
@@ -190,6 +193,34 @@
return properties;
}
+ static private Element createNullEventProperties( final boolean isNegated, final Document doc ) {
+ final Element properties = doc.createElement( "properties" );
+ Element docTimeRel = doc.createElement( "DocTimeRel" );
+ docTimeRel.setTextContent( "Overlap" );
+ final Element eventType = doc.createElement( "Type" );
+ eventType.setTextContent( "N/A" );
+ final Element degree = doc.createElement( "Degree" );
+ degree.setTextContent( "N/A" );
+ final Element polarity = doc.createElement( "Polarity" );
+ final String polarityValue = isNegated ? "NEG" : "POS";
+ polarity.setTextContent( polarityValue );
+ final Element contextMode = doc.createElement( "ContextualModality" );
+ contextMode.setTextContent( "UNDETERMINED" );
+ final Element contextAspect = doc.createElement( "ContextualAspect" );
+ contextAspect.setTextContent( "UNDETERMINED" );
+ final Element Permanence = doc.createElement( "Permanence" );
+ Permanence.setTextContent( "UNDETERMINED" );
+ properties.appendChild( docTimeRel );
+ properties.appendChild( polarity );
+ properties.appendChild( degree );
+ properties.appendChild( eventType );
+ properties.appendChild( contextMode );
+ properties.appendChild( contextAspect );
+ properties.appendChild( Permanence );
+ return properties;
+ }
+
+
private int addTimeElements( final JCas jCas,
final String documentId,
final int startId,
