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Richard Eckart de Castilho commented on UIMA-5115: -------------------------------------------------- I also believe that this type of syntax is basically equivalent to a type cast in the sense that we cannot access and reason over the type within the code. E.g. we could not throw an exception such as 'my.Token is not a subtype of Annotation'... > uv3 select() api for iterators and streams over CAS contents > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: UIMA-5115 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/UIMA-5115 > Project: UIMA > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Core Java Framework > Reporter: Marshall Schor > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 3.0.0SDKexp > > > Design and implement a select() API based on uimaFIT's select, integrated > well with Java 8 concepts. Initial discussions in UIMA-1524. Wiki with > diagram: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/UIMA/UV3+Iterator+support -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)