added a Jira https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/UIMA-5595
On 9/29/2017 5:21 PM, Richard Eckart de Castilho wrote: > On 29.09.2017, at 22:57, Marshall Schor <m...@schor.com> wrote: >> Thanks Richard! >> >> Re: the change in format for toString() for Feature Structures, I'm >> wondering if >> I should see about making that more or less like v2. In your case(s), would >> it >> have to be identical to avoid failure? > uimaFIT and DKPro Core provide a component called CasDumpWriter which is > intended for use in tests to write the CAS contents to a "human readable" > format. To this end, it uses the toString() method. DKPro Core has various > tests which contain "reference" files created by the CasDumpWriter and as > part of unit tests, these files are compared to the actual output created > during the test. > > Mind, this is not the best design - but it is quite convenient. > I just have to update the reference files for the new toString() format. > A bit tedious, but IMHO no reason to reconsider the format of toString(). > > However, there seems to be room for improvement in the toString() method > when dealing with nested annotations and multi-valued features. E.g. > the array contents in the following output do not seem to be properly > indented. Maybe one-element-per-line would also look better. > > ------ > [Save] > #23 Token:3 > sofa: sofa id: _InitialView > begin: 0 end: 4 parent: #22 Constituent:141 > sofa: sofa id: _InitialView > begin: 0 end: 29 constituentType: "VP" > parent: #1 ROOT:100 > sofa: sofa id: _InitialView > begin: 0 end: 169 constituentType: "S" > children: #26 FSArray:147 > Array length: 3 > Array elements: ["#27 Token:21 > sofa: sofa id: _InitialView > beg...", "#2 Constituent:101 > sofa: sofa id: _InitialView > ...", "#22 "] > > > children: #125 FSArray:146 > Array length: 2 > Array elements: ["#23 ", "#24 Constituent:142 > sofa: sofa id: _InitialView..."] > > > lemma: #143 Lemma:4 > sofa: sofa id: _InitialView > begin: 0 end: 4 value: "save" > > pos: #144 POS_VERB:5 > sofa: sofa id: _InitialView > begin: 0 end: 4 PosValue: "VB" > coarseValue: "VERB" > > id: "s115_0" > ------ > > Cheers, > > -- Richard
