uimafit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/fit/factory/UimaContextFactory.java

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package org.apache.uima.fit.factory;

import org.apache.uima.UimaContext;
import org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.AnalysisEngine;
import org.apache.uima.fit.component.NoOpAnnotator;
import org.apache.uima.resource.ResourceInitializationException;

/**
 */
public final class UimaContextFactory {
  private UimaContextFactory() {
    // This class is not meant to be instantiated
  }

  /**
   * Create a new UimaContext with the given configuration parameters set.
   * 
   * @param configurationParameters
   *          The parameters to be set.
   * @return The new UimaContext.
   * @throws ResourceInitializationException
   *           If the context could not be created.
   */
  public static UimaContext createUimaContext(Object... configurationParameters)
          throws ResourceInitializationException {
    AnalysisEngine engine = AnalysisEngineFactory.createEngine(NoOpAnnotator.class, null,
            configurationParameters);
    return engine.getUimaContext();
  }

}