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package org.apache.uima.cas;
/**
* Information that a CAS needs to know about the component that's currently operating on it.
* Intended for internal framework usage.
*/
public interface ComponentInfo {
/**
* Retrieve actual sofa ID given a symbolic name
*
* @param aSofaName
* this component's name for a SofA
* @return absolute SofA ID
*/
String mapToSofaID(String aSofaName);
}