On 10/19/2011 4:56 AM, Jörn Kottmann wrote: > On 10/19/11 4:52 AM, Marshall Schor wrote: >> Our annotators in our "addons" often package a "typical use" xml descriptor >> in >> the Jar file - so this is doable (except it doesn't address making the >> configuration parameters a separate "thing"). I think Adam/Eddie have >> proposed >> some thoughts on having some kind of separate "settings" file for complex >> sets >> of annotators that can collect things together in one place, maybe as a >> properties file - see:http://uima.markmail.org/thread/r2vrblnzkq4hdqnu ) > > An assembler might just want to read some documentation which explains the > existing > configuration parameters. If that is the point we can make a small tool which > turns > our configuration parameters in some kind of *readable* format (e.g. html). > > This solution would solve the two issues, that the descriptor gets out of sync > and > that it must be duplicated all the time. > > In my use cases I always create an AAE which contains a couple of AEs. Is it > possible > to import the AE descriptor from a jar and then override the parameter > settings in > the AAE?
Yes. The Configuration Descriptor Editor makes this a point-and-click operation (no need to remember how to spell parameter names, etc.) -Marshall > > Jörn >
