gate.lib.basicdocument

Class BdocUtils

java.lang.Object

gate.lib.basicdocument.BdocUtils

public class BdocUtils
extends Object

Mainly static helper functions.

Author:

Johann Petrak [email protected]

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BdocUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Map<String,Object>	featureMap2Map(Map<Object,Object> fm, Map<String,Object> map) Add features from the original feature map into the given map or a new map.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BdocUtils

public BdocUtils()

Method Detail

featureMap2Map

public static Map<String,Object> featureMap2Map(Map<Object,Object> fm,
                                                Map<String,Object> map)

Add features from the original feature map into the given map or a new map. This either copies over features from the feature map into the given map or if the map is null, creates a new map that gets the featres. If a feature is of type String, it is copied over as is, otherwise the feature is converted to String using its toString method.

Parameters:

fm - the feature map from which to add features

map - target map, if null will create a new map.

Returns:

The given map filled with the features or a new map.