Method createImmutableAnnotationSet

src/main/java/gate/Factory.java:535–538

Utility method to create an immutable annotation set. If the provided collection of annotations is null , the newly created set will be empty. @param document the document this set belongs to. @param annotations the set of annotations that should be contained in the returned {@

(Document document,
          Collection<Annotation> annotations)

   *         attempts to modify it.
   */
  public static AnnotationSet createImmutableAnnotationSet(Document document,
          Collection<Annotation> annotations) {
    return new ImmutableAnnotationSetImpl(document, annotations);
  }

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