org.apache.ctakes.dictionary.lookup.ae

Interface LookupConsumer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AssertionCuePhraseConsumerImpl, BaseLookupConsumerImpl, DebugConsumerImpl, NamedEntityLookupConsumerImpl, NonSmokerNamedEntityLookupConsumerImpl, OrangeBookFilterConsumerImpl, SmokerNamedEntityLookupConsumerImpl, UmlsToSnomedConsumerImpl, UmlsToSnomedDbConsumerImpl, UmlsToSnomedLuceneConsumerImpl, UnknownSmokerNamedEntityLookupConsumerImpl

public interface LookupConsumer

Defines how to consume the lookup hits produced by the LookupAnnotator. NOTE: Constructor for implementation will be passed 2 arguments 1.) AnnotatorContext for accessing external resources 2.) Properties object for customization purposes.

Author:

Mayo Clinic

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	consumeHits(org.apache.uima.jcas.JCas jcas, Iterator<LookupHit> lookupHitItr) Consumes the hits produced by the LookupAnnotator.

Method Detail

consumeHits

void consumeHits(org.apache.uima.jcas.JCas jcas,
                 Iterator<LookupHit> lookupHitItr)
          throws org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.AnalysisEngineProcessException

Consumes the hits produced by the LookupAnnotator. This typically means iterating over the hits and storing what's necessary to the JCas

Parameters:

jcas - CAS for storing data

lookupHitItr - Iterator over LookupHit objects. These objects contain data about the annotation span plus any associated metadata.

Throws:

org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.AnalysisEngineProcessException