gate.creole
Class AnnotationSchema

java.lang.Object
  gate.util.AbstractFeatureBearer
      gate.creole.AbstractResource
          gate.creole.AbstractLanguageResource
              gate.creole.AnnotationSchema

All Implemented Interfaces:

LanguageResource, Resource, FeatureBearer, NameBearer, Serializable

public class AnnotationSchema
extends AbstractLanguageResource

This class handles annotation schemas.An annotation schema is a representation of an annotation, together with its types and their attributes, values and types.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected String	annotationName The name of the annotation
protected Set	featureSchemaSet Schemas for the attributes
static String	FILE_URL_PARAM_NAME
protected org.jdom.Namespace	namespace The namepsace used in the xml file
protected URL	xmlFileUrl The xml file URL of the resource

Fields inherited from class gate.creole.AbstractLanguageResource

dataStore, lrPersistentId

Fields inherited from class gate.creole.AbstractResource

name

Fields inherited from class gate.util.AbstractFeatureBearer

features

Constructor Summary

AnnotationSchema()
Constructs an annotation schema.

Method Summary

void	createAndAddFeatureSchemaObject(org.jdom.Element anAttributeElement) This method creates and adds a FeatureSchema object to the current AnnotationSchema one.
void	fromXSchema(InputStream anXSchemaInputStream) Creates an AnnotationSchema object from an XSchema file
void	fromXSchema(URL anXSchemaURL) Creates an AnnotationSchema object from an XSchema file
String	getAnnotationName() Returns the value of annotation name
FeatureSchema	getFeatureSchema(String featureName)
Set	getFeatureSchemaSet() Returns the feature schema set
URL	getXmlFileUrl() Get method for the resource xml file URL
Resource	init() Initialise this resource, and return it.
void	setAnnotationName(String annotationName) Sets the annotation name
void	setFeatureSchemaSet(Set featureSchemaSet) Sets the feature schema set
void	setXmlFileUrl(URL xmlFileUrl) Set method for the resource xml file URL
String	toXSchema()

Methods inherited from class gate.creole.AbstractLanguageResource

cleanup, getDataStore, getLRPersistenceId, getParent, isModified, setDataStore, setLRPersistenceId, setParent, sync

Methods inherited from class gate.creole.AbstractResource

checkParameterValues, getBeanInfo, getName, getParameterValue, getParameterValue, removeResourceListeners, setName, setParameterValue, setParameterValue, setParameterValues, setParameterValues, setResourceListeners

Methods inherited from class gate.util.AbstractFeatureBearer

getFeatures, setFeatures

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface gate.Resource

getParameterValue, setParameterValue, setParameterValues

Methods inherited from interface gate.util.FeatureBearer

getFeatures, setFeatures

Methods inherited from interface gate.util.NameBearer

getName, setName

Field Detail

FILE_URL_PARAM_NAME

public static final String FILE_URL_PARAM_NAME

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Constant Field Values

annotationName

protected String annotationName

The name of the annotation

featureSchemaSet

protected Set featureSchemaSet

Schemas for the attributes

xmlFileUrl

protected URL xmlFileUrl

The xml file URL of the resource

namespace

protected org.jdom.Namespace namespace

The namepsace used in the xml file

Constructor Detail

AnnotationSchema

public AnnotationSchema()

Constructs an annotation schema.

Method Detail

getAnnotationName

public String getAnnotationName()

Returns the value of annotation name

setAnnotationName

public void setAnnotationName(String annotationName)

Sets the annotation name

getFeatureSchemaSet

public Set getFeatureSchemaSet()

Returns the feature schema set

setFeatureSchemaSet

public void setFeatureSchemaSet(Set featureSchemaSet)

Sets the feature schema set

getFeatureSchema

public FeatureSchema getFeatureSchema(String featureName)

Returns:

a FeatureSchema object from featureSchemaSet, given a feature name.It will return null if the feature name is not found.

init

public Resource init()
              throws ResourceInstantiationException

Initialise this resource, and return it. If the schema XML source file URL has been set, it will construct itself from that file.

Specified by:

init in interface Resource

Overrides:

init in class AbstractResource

Throws:

ResourceInstantiationException

setXmlFileUrl

public void setXmlFileUrl(URL xmlFileUrl)

Set method for the resource xml file URL

getXmlFileUrl

public URL getXmlFileUrl()

Get method for the resource xml file URL

fromXSchema

public void fromXSchema(URL anXSchemaURL)
                 throws ResourceInstantiationException

Creates an AnnotationSchema object from an XSchema file

Parameters:

anXSchemaURL - the URL where to find the XSchema file

Throws:

ResourceInstantiationException

fromXSchema

public void fromXSchema(InputStream anXSchemaInputStream)
                 throws ResourceInstantiationException

Creates an AnnotationSchema object from an XSchema file

Parameters:

anXSchemaInputStream - the Input Stream containing the XSchema file

Throws:

ResourceInstantiationException

createAndAddFeatureSchemaObject

public void createAndAddFeatureSchemaObject(org.jdom.Element anAttributeElement)

This method creates and adds a FeatureSchema object to the current AnnotationSchema one.

Parameters:

anAttributeElement - is an XSchema attribute element

toXSchema

public String toXSchema()

Returns:

a String containing the XSchema document representing an AnnotationSchema object.