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| <body>Interfaces for <code>Resources</code> and <code>ResourceSpecifiers</code>. |
| <p> |
| {@link org.apache.uima.resource.Resource} is the general term for all UIMA components |
| that can be acquired and used by an application (or by other resources). |
| <p> |
| <code>Resource</code>s may be co-located with their client or distributed |
| as services. This is made transparent to the client. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| A {@link org.apache.uima.resource.ResourceSpecifier} contains information that can be |
| used to acquire a reference to a <code>Resource</code>, whether that is done by |
| instantiating the resource locally or locating an existing resource |
| available as a service. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The {@link org.apache.uima.ResourceFactory} takes a <code>ResourceSpecifier</code> and |
| returns an instance of the specified <code>Resource</code>. Again, this can be |
| done by creating the instance or by locating an existing instance. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Most applications will not need to deal with this abstract |
| <code>Resource</code> interface. UIMA Developers who need to introduce |
| new types of Resources, however, will need to implement the interfaces |
| in this package. |
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