Method createChain

src/main/java/gate/gui/docview/CorefEditor.java:1078–1166

Creates the internal data structure @param set

(AnnotationSet set, boolean isDefaultSet)

   * @param set
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  private CorefTreeNode createChain(AnnotationSet set, boolean isDefaultSet) {

    // create the node for setName
    String setName = isDefaultSet ? DEFAULT_ANNOTSET_NAME : set.getName();
    CorefTreeNode annotSetNode = new CorefTreeNode(setName, true,
        CorefTreeNode.ANNOTSET_NODE);

    // see if this setName available in the annotSets
    boolean found = false;
    for (int i = 0; i < annotSets.getModel().getSize(); i++) {
      if ( annotSets.getModel().getElementAt(i).equals(setName)) {
        found = true;
        break;
      }
    }
    if (!found) {
      explicitCall = true;
      annotSets.addItem(setName);
      explicitCall = false;
    }

    // the internal datastructure
    Map<CorefTreeNode, List<Integer>> chainLinks = new HashMap<CorefTreeNode, List<Integer>>();
    Map<String, Boolean> selectionMap = new HashMap<String, Boolean>();
    Map<String, Color> colorMap = new HashMap<String, Color>();

    // map for all the annotations with matches feature in it
    Map<String,List<List<Integer>>> matchesMap = null;
    Object matchesMapObject = document.getFeatures().get(ANNIEConstants.DOCUMENT_COREF_FEATURE_NAME);
    if(matchesMapObject instanceof Map) {
      matchesMap = (Map<String,List<List<Integer>>>) matchesMapObject;
    }


    // what if this map is null
    if (matchesMap == null) {
      corefChains.put(annotSetNode, chainLinks);
      selectionChainsMap.put(setName, selectionMap);
      colorChainsMap.put(setName, colorMap);
      return annotSetNode;
    }

    //AnnotationSetName --> List of ArrayLists
    //each ArrayList contains Ids of related annotations
    List<List<Integer>> matches1 = matchesMap.get(isDefaultSet ? "" :
        setName);
    if (matches1 == null) {
      corefChains.put(annotSetNode, chainLinks);
      selectionChainsMap.put(setName, selectionMap);
      colorChainsMap.put(setName, colorMap);
      return annotSetNode;
    }

    Iterator<List<Integer>> tempIter = matches1.iterator();

    while (tempIter.hasNext()) {
      List<Integer> matches = tempIter.next();