Class AnnotationImpl

src/main/java/gate/annotation/AnnotationImpl.java:33–504

Provides an implementation for the interface gate.Annotation

 *
 */
public class AnnotationImpl extends AbstractFeatureBearer
                            implements Annotation {

  /** Freeze the serialization UID. */
  static final long serialVersionUID = -5658993256574857725L;

  /** Constructor. Package access - annotations have to be constructed via
   * AnnotationSets.
   *
   * @param id The id of the new annotation;
   * @param start The node from where the annotation will depart;
   * @param end The node where trhe annotation ends;
   * @param type The type of the new annotation;
   * @param features The features of the annotation.
   */
  protected AnnotationImpl(
    Integer id, Node start, Node end, String type, FeatureMap features
  ) {
    this.id       = id;
    this.start    = start;
    this.end      = end;
    this.type     = type;
    this.features = features;

  } // AnnotationImpl

  /** The ID of the annotation.
   */
  @Override
  public Integer getId() {
    return id;
  } // getId()

  /** The type of the annotation (corresponds to TIPSTER "name").
   */
  @Override
  public String getType() {
    return type;
  } // getType()

  /** The start node.
   */
  @Override
  public Node getStartNode() {
    return start;
  } // getStartNode()

  /** The end node.
   */
  @Override
  public Node getEndNode() {
    return end;
  } // getEndNode()

  /** String representation of hte annotation
   */
  @Override
  public String toString() {