Class SimpleRelation

src/main/java/gate/relations/SimpleRelation.java:27–156

A simple implementation for the Relation interface.

 * A simple implementation for the {@link Relation} interface.
 */
public class SimpleRelation implements Relation {

  private static final long serialVersionUID = 6866132107461267866L;

  protected String type;

  protected int[] members;

  protected int id;

  protected FeatureMap features;

  protected Object userData;

  /**
   * You should never create instances of this class directly, you
   * should create new relations via the appropriate methods of
   * {@link RelationSet}. This method is only publicly available to
   * support persistence.
   */
  public SimpleRelation(int id, String type, int[] members) {
    super();
    this.id = id;
    this.type = type;
    this.members = members;
    features = Factory.newFeatureMap();
  }

  /*
   * (non-Javadoc)
   * 
   * @see gate.relations.Relation#getType()
   */
  @Override
  public String getType() {
    return type;
  }

  /*
   * (non-Javadoc)
   * 
   * @see gate.relations.Relation#getMembers()
   */
  @Override
  public int[] getMembers() {
    return members;
  }

  /*
   * (non-Javadoc)
   * 
   * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
   */
  @Override
  public String toString() {
    StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
    str.append(id).append(": ");
    String typeOut =