ruta-core/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/ruta/expression/feature/LazyFeature.java

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

import org.apache.uima.cas.Feature;
import org.apache.uima.cas.Type;
import org.apache.uima.cas.text.AnnotationFS;

public class LazyFeature implements Feature {

  private Feature delegate;
  
  private String featureName;
  
  public LazyFeature(String featureName) {
    super();
    this.featureName = featureName;
  }
  
  public Feature initialize(Type type) {
   delegate = type.getFeatureByBaseName(featureName);
   if(delegate == null) {
     return this;
   }
   return delegate;
  }
  
  public Feature initialize(AnnotationFS annotation) {
    if(annotation!= null) {
      delegate = annotation.getType().getFeatureByBaseName(featureName);
    } 
    if(delegate == null) {
      return this;
    }
    return delegate;
   }
  
  @Override
  public int compareTo(Feature o) {
    return delegate.compareTo(o);
  }

  @Override
  public Type getDomain() {
    return delegate.getDomain();
  }

  @Override
  public Type getRange() {
    return delegate.getRange();
  }

  @Override
  public String getName() {
    return delegate.getName();
  }

  @Override
  public String getShortName() {
    return delegate.getShortName();
  }

  @Override
  public boolean isMultipleReferencesAllowed() {
    return delegate.isMultipleReferencesAllowed();
  }

  public String getFeatureName() {
    return featureName;
  }


}