Package 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

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AnnotationComparator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	compare(org.apache.uima.cas.text.AnnotationFS a, org.apache.uima.cas.text.AnnotationFS b)	Compares the start 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, reversed, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

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 start 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