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| |
| package org.apache.uima.flow; |
| |
| import org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.AnalysisEngineProcessException; |
| import org.apache.uima.cas.AbstractCas; |
| import org.apache.uima.jcas.JCas; |
| |
| /** |
| * Base class to be extended by FlowControllers that use the {@link JCas} interface. |
| */ |
| public abstract class JCasFlowController_ImplBase extends FlowController_ImplBase { |
| /* |
| * (non-Javadoc) |
| * |
| * @see org.apache.uima.flow.FlowController#getRequiredCasInterface() |
| */ |
| public Class getRequiredCasInterface() { |
| return JCas.class; |
| } |
| |
| /** |
| * Overriden to check that <code>aCAS</code> is an instanceof {@link JCas}. If it is, then |
| * {@link #computeFlow(JCas)} is called. If not, an exception is thrown. |
| */ |
| public final Flow computeFlow(AbstractCas aCAS) throws AnalysisEngineProcessException { |
| if (aCAS instanceof JCas) { |
| return computeFlow((JCas) aCAS); |
| } else { |
| throw new AnalysisEngineProcessException( |
| AnalysisEngineProcessException.INCORRECT_CAS_INTERFACE, new Object[] { JCas.class, |
| aCAS.getClass() }); |
| } |
| } |
| |
| /** |
| * This method must be overriden by subclasses. It takes a {@link JCas} and returns a {@link Flow} |
| * object that is responsible for routing this particular JCas through the components of this |
| * Aggregate. The <code>Flow</code> object should be given a handle to the JCas, so that it can |
| * use information in the CAS to make routing decisions. |
| * <p> |
| * FlowController implementations will typically define their own class that implements |
| * {@link Flow} by extending from the base class {@link JCasFlow_ImplBase}. This method would |
| * then just instantiate the flow object, call its <code>setCas</code> method to provide a |
| * handle to the JCas, and return the flow object. |
| * |
| * @param aJCas |
| * the JCas to be routed |
| * |
| * @return a Flow object that will be used to route <code>aJCas</code> |
| * |
| * @throws AnalysisEngineProcessException |
| * if a problem occurs during processing |
| * @see FlowController#computeFlow(AbstractCas) |
| */ |
| public abstract Flow computeFlow(JCas aJCas) throws AnalysisEngineProcessException; |
| } |