Method getString

src/main/java/gate/gui/docview/CorefEditor.java:1171–1176

Given an annotation, this method returns the string of that annotation

(Annotation ann)

   * Given an annotation, this method returns the string of that annotation
   */
  public String getString(Annotation ann) {
  	return document.getContent().toString().substring(ann.
          getStartNode().getOffset().intValue(),
          ann.getEndNode().getOffset().intValue()
          ).replaceAll("\\r\\n|\\r|\\n", " ");
  }

  /**
   * Removes the reference of this annotation from the current chain.