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| |
| package org.apache.uima.cas; |
| |
| /** |
| * The base interface extended by all CAS (Common Analysis System) interfaces in the UIMA SDK. A CAS |
| * is an object that provides access to an artifact and metadata about that artifact. Analysis |
| * Components, such as Annotators, read from a CAS interface in order to do their analysis and may |
| * write new metadata back to the CAS interface. |
| * <p> |
| * The UIMA SDK provides the CAS interfaces {@link org.apache.uima.jcas.JCas} and |
| * {@link org.apache.uima.cas.CAS}, but in future versions, other CAS interfaces may be available. |
| */ |
| public interface AbstractCas { |
| |
| /** |
| * Indicates that the caller is done using this CAS. Some CAS instances may be pooled, in which |
| * case this method returns this CAS to the pool that owns it. |
| */ |
| void release(); |
| } |
