ruta-core/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/ruta/expression/annotation/AnnotationLabelExpression.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.rule.MatchContext;
import org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.RuleMatch;

/**
 * An expression referring to an annotation matched by a rule element identified by a label.
 *
 */
public class AnnotationLabelExpression extends AbstractAnnotationExpression {

private String label;
  
  public AnnotationLabelExpression(String label) {
    super();
    this.label = label;
  }
  
  
  @Override
  public AnnotationFS getAnnotation(MatchContext context, RutaStream stream) {
    RuleMatch ruleMatch = context.getRuleMatch();
    List<AnnotationFS> annotations = ruleMatch.getMatchedAnnotationsOfLabel(label);
    AnnotationFS annotation = null;
    // TODO which one to return?
    if(annotations != null && !annotations.isEmpty()) {
      if(context.getDirection()) {
        annotation = annotations.get(annotations.size()-1);
      } else {
        annotation = annotations.get(0);
      }
      
    }
    return annotation;
  }


  public String getLabel() {
    return label;
  }

}