At 12:26 PM 8/29/2007, you wrote:
Why is this a kludge? You want the parameters associated with each CAS right? Would this still be a kludge in a networked/distributed setup where presumably one analysis engine might have worked through lots of documents while the next is still working on the first etc. and the global variable would be out of date?
Yes, that indeed would be a problem, but it seems reasonable to assume a UIMA implementation could handle the synchronization of such global variables. Perhaps some scope limitations could also be placed on them to minimize inefficiency.
