Class DefaultFSAnnotationComparator

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    FSComparator

    public class DefaultFSAnnotationComparator
    extends Object
    implements FSComparator
    Default implementation to compare two annotations.
    Version:
    $Revision: 1.1 $
    • Constructor Detail

      • DefaultFSAnnotationComparator

        public DefaultFSAnnotationComparator​(CAS cas)
    • Method Detail

      • compare

        public int compare​(FeatureStructure fs1,
                           FeatureStructure fs2)
        Compare two annotations. First compare by start position, where smaller start position means smaller annotation. If start positions are equal, compare by end position, where larger end position is smaller. Finally, compare by type code, arbitrarily. Does not compare feature values.
        Specified by:
        compare in interface FSComparator
        Parameters:
        fs1 - FS1.
        fs2 - FS2.
        Returns:
        -1, if FS1 is "smaller" than FS2; 1, if FS2 is smaller than FS1; and 0, if FS1 equals FS2.