uimaj-2.2.0-incubating/uimaj-core/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/cas/admin/CASFactory.java

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package org.apache.uima.cas.admin;

import org.apache.uima.cas.TypeSystem;
import org.apache.uima.cas.impl.CASImpl;
import org.apache.uima.cas.impl.TypeSystemImpl;

/**
 * Factory class to create CASMgr objects. This is the only class in this package. Once you have
 * created a CAS object, you can use the methods there to create and access objects implementing the
 * other interfaces. For the OO API, no direct access to any of the implementations is provided.
 * Should you want to provide an alternative implementation of the CAS interfaces in this package,
 * the only thing you have to change is the implementation of the createCAS() method here.
 * 
 * <p>
 * All methods in this class are static. CASFactory objects can not be created.
 * 
 * 
 */
public abstract class CASFactory {

  /**
   * Create a new CASMgr object.
   * 
   * @return A new CASMgr object.
   */
  public static CASMgr createCAS() {
    return new CASImpl();
  }

  /**
   * Create a new CASMgr object.
   * 
   * @param initialHeapSize
   *          The initial size of the internal CAS heap. If you choose this number too small, it can
   *          have a major performance impact. As a very rough guideline, this number should not be
   *          smaller than the number of characters in documents you are processing.
   * @return A new CASMgr object.
   */
  public static CASMgr createCAS(int initialHeapSize) {
    return new CASImpl(initialHeapSize);
  }

  /**
   * Create a new CASMgr object from a give type system.
   * 
   * @param initialHeapSize
   *          The initial size of the internal CAS heap. If you choose this number too small, it can
   *          have a major performance impact. As a very rough guideline, this number should not be
   *          smaller than the number of characters in documents you are processing.
   * @param ts
   *          An existing type system (must not be null).
   * @return A new CASMgr object.
   */
  public static CASMgr createCAS(int initialHeapSize, TypeSystem ts) {
    if (ts == null) {
      throw new NullPointerException("TypeSystem");
    }
    return new CASImpl((TypeSystemImpl) ts, initialHeapSize);
  }

  /**
   * Create a new CASMgr object from a give type system.
   * 
   * @param ts
   *          An existing type system (must not be null).
   * @return A new CASMgr object.
   */
  public static CASMgr createCAS(TypeSystem ts) {
    if (ts == null) {
      throw new NullPointerException("TypeSystem");
    }
    return new CASImpl((TypeSystemImpl) ts, CASImpl.DEFAULT_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE);
  }

  /**
   * Create a new type system that is populated with the built-in CAS types.
   * 
   * @return A type system manager object that can be used to add more types.
   */
  public static TypeSystemMgr createTypeSystem() {
    TypeSystemImpl ts = new TypeSystemImpl();
    return ts;
  }

}