gate.relations

Interface Relation

All Superinterfaces:

FeatureBearer, IdBearer, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleRelation

public interface Relation
extends Serializable, IdBearer, FeatureBearer

Interface representing a relation between GATE annotations.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	COREF Relation type for co-reference relations.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int[]	getMembers() Gets the members of the relation.
String	getType() Get the type of the relation (e.g.
Object	getUserData() Gets the arbitrary data associated with this relation
void	setUserData(Object data) Sets the arbitrary data associated with this relation

Methods inherited from interface gate.util.IdBearer

getId

Methods inherited from interface gate.util.FeatureBearer

getFeatures, setFeatures

Field Detail

COREF

static final String COREF

Relation type for co-reference relations.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getType

String getType()

Get the type of the relation (e.g. COREF).

Returns:

the relation type.

getMembers

int[] getMembers()

Gets the members of the relation.

Returns:

an array containing annotation IDs.

getUserData

Object getUserData()

Gets the arbitrary data associated with this relation

Returns:

the arbitrary data associated with this relation

setUserData

void setUserData(Object data)

Sets the arbitrary data associated with this relation

Parameters:

data - the arbitrary data associated with this relation