trunk/ruta-core/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/ruta/expression/annotation/AnnotationListVariableExpression.java

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package org.apache.uima.ruta.expression.annotation;

import java.util.List;

import org.apache.uima.cas.text.AnnotationFS;
import org.apache.uima.ruta.RutaStream;
import org.apache.uima.ruta.block.RutaBlock;
import org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.MatchContext;

public class AnnotationListVariableExpression extends AbstractAnnotationListExpression {

  private String var;

  public AnnotationListVariableExpression(String var) {
    super();
    this.var = var;
  }

  
  @Override
  public List<AnnotationFS> getList(MatchContext context, RutaStream stream) {
    RutaBlock parent = context.getParent();
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    List<AnnotationFS> list = parent.getEnvironment().getVariableValue(var, List.class, stream);
    return list;
  }

}