Method contentFor

src/main/java/gate/Utils.java:133–142

Return the DocumentContent corresponding to the annotation. Note: the DocumentContent object returned will also contain the original content which can be accessed using the getOriginalContent() method. @param doc the document from which to extract the content @param ann the annotation for which

(
          SimpleDocument doc, SimpleAnnotation ann)

   * @return a DocumentContent representing the content spanned by the annotation.
   */
  public static DocumentContent contentFor(
          SimpleDocument doc, SimpleAnnotation ann) {
    try {
      return doc.getContent().getContent(
              ann.getStartNode().getOffset(),
              ann.getEndNode().getOffset());
    } catch(gate.util.InvalidOffsetException ex) {
      throw new GateRuntimeException(ex.getMessage());
    }
  }

  /**
   * Return the document text as a String corresponding to the annotation.