Method inDocumentOrder

src/main/java/gate/Utils.java:646–653

Return a List containing the annotations in the given annotation set, in document order (i.e. increasing order of start offset). @param as the annotation set @return a list containing the annotations from as in document order.

(AnnotationSet as)

   * order.
   */
  public static List<Annotation> inDocumentOrder(AnnotationSet as) {
    List<Annotation> ret = new ArrayList<Annotation>();
    if(as != null) {
      ret.addAll(as);
      Collections.sort(ret, OFFSET_COMPARATOR);
    }
    return ret;
  }

  /**
   * A single instance of {@link OffsetComparator} that can be used by any code