Method length

src/main/java/gate/Utils.java:75–83

Return the length of the document content covered by an Annotation as an int -- if the content is too long for an int, the method will throw a GateRuntimeException. Use getLengthLong(SimpleAnnotation ann) if this situation could occur. @param ann the annotation for which to determine the length @ret

(SimpleAnnotation ann)

   * @return the length of the document content covered by this annotation.
   */
  public static int length(SimpleAnnotation ann) {
    long len = lengthLong(ann);
    if (len > java.lang.Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
      throw new GateRuntimeException(
              "Length of annotation too big to be returned as an int: "+len);
    } else {
      return (int)len;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Return the length of the document content covered by an Annotation as a