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Interface SimpleAnnotationSet

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Collection, Iterable, Serializable, Set

All Known Subinterfaces:

AnnotationSet, EventAwareAnnotationSet

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnnotationSetImpl, DatabaseAnnotationSetImpl

public interface SimpleAnnotationSet
extends Set, Cloneable, Serializable

Annotation sets

Method Summary

Integer	add(Long start, Long end, String type, FeatureMap features) Create and add an annotation and return its id
Integer	add(Node start, Node end, String type, FeatureMap features) Create and add an annotation with pre-existing nodes, and return its id
boolean	add(Object o) Add an existing annotation.
AnnotationSet	get() Get all annotations
Annotation	get(Integer id) Find annotations by id
AnnotationSet	get(Set types) Select annotations by a set of types.
AnnotationSet	get(String type) Select annotations by type
Set	getAllTypes() Get a set of java.lang.String objects representing all the annotation types present in this annotation set.
Document	getDocument() Get the document this set is attached to.
String	getName() Get the name of this set.
Iterator	iterator() Get an iterator for this set
boolean	remove(Object o) Remove an element from this set.
int	size() The size of this set

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Set

addAll, clear, contains, containsAll, equals, hashCode, isEmpty, removeAll, retainAll, toArray, toArray

Method Detail

add

Integer add(Node start,
            Node end,
            String type,
            FeatureMap features)

Create and add an annotation with pre-existing nodes, and return its id

add

Integer add(Long start,
            Long end,
            String type,
            FeatureMap features)
            throws InvalidOffsetException

Create and add an annotation and return its id

Throws:

InvalidOffsetException

add

boolean add(Object o)

Add an existing annotation. Returns true when the set is modified.

Specified by:

add in interface Collection

Specified by:

add in interface Set

iterator

Iterator iterator()

Get an iterator for this set

Specified by:

iterator in interface Collection

Specified by:

iterator in interface Iterable

Specified by:

iterator in interface Set

size

int size()

The size of this set

Specified by:

size in interface Collection

Specified by:

size in interface Set

remove

boolean remove(Object o)

Remove an element from this set.

Specified by:

remove in interface Collection

Specified by:

remove in interface Set

get

Annotation get(Integer id)

Find annotations by id

get

AnnotationSet get()

Get all annotations

get

AnnotationSet get(String type)

Select annotations by type

get

AnnotationSet get(Set types)

Select annotations by a set of types. Expects a Set of String.

getName

String getName()

Get the name of this set.

getAllTypes

Set getAllTypes()

Get a set of java.lang.String objects representing all the annotation types present in this annotation set.

getDocument

Document getDocument()

Get the document this set is attached to.