Method lengthLong

src/main/java/gate/Utils.java:91–94

Return the length of the document content covered by an Annotation as a long. @param ann the annotation for which to determine the length @return the length of the document content covered by this annotation.

(SimpleAnnotation ann)

   * @return the length of the document content covered by this annotation.
   */
  public static long lengthLong(SimpleAnnotation ann) {
    return ann.getEndNode().getOffset() -
       ann.getStartNode().getOffset();
  }

  /**
   * Return the length of the document as an