opennlp.uima.util
Class AnnotationComparator

java.lang.Object
  opennlp.uima.util.AnnotationComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator<org.apache.uima.cas.text.AnnotationFS>

public class AnnotationComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator<org.apache.uima.cas.text.AnnotationFS>

Checks two annotations for equality.

Constructor Summary

AnnotationComparator()

Method Summary

int	compare(org.apache.uima.cas.text.AnnotationFS a, org.apache.uima.cas.text.AnnotationFS b) Compares the begin indexes of the annotations.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals

Constructor Detail

AnnotationComparator

public AnnotationComparator()

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(org.apache.uima.cas.text.AnnotationFS a,
                   org.apache.uima.cas.text.AnnotationFS b)

Compares the begin indexes of the annotations.

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator<org.apache.uima.cas.text.AnnotationFS>

Parameters:

a - - first annotation

b - - second annotation

Returns:

0 if equals, < 0 if before and > 0 if after