When using the PEAR descriptor with the underlying UIMA PEAR runtime it
is not possible to reconfigure configuration parameters for a PEAR from
outside.

-- Michael

Torsten Zesch wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to reconfigure an analysis engine with a set of new
> configuration parameters.
> The unit test below runs without errors.
> If I now package the analysis engine in a PEAR and run the same test on
> it, the line calling setConfigParameterValue() throws a
> UIMA_IllegalStateException.
> If I remove the reconfiguring code, the PEAR runs without problems.
> 
> Has anyone figured out how to reconfigure a PEAR, or isn't that possible
> at all?
> 
> thanks,
> Torsten
> 
> 
> package de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.annotator;
> 
>     @Test
>     public void testTokenizer() {
> 
>         String testDocument = "This is a test file.";
> 
>         // the decriptor packaged into the PEAR
>         File descriptorFile = new File("Tokenizer.xml");
> 
>         // the PEAR
> //        File descriptorFile = new File("tokenizer_test_pear.xml");
>         
>         Map<String,Object> configParameters = new
> HashMap<String,Object>();
>         configParameters.put("Locale", "en");
>         
>         // get an AnalysisEngine and process the test document
>         XMLInputSource in;
>         ResourceSpecifier specifier;
>         AnalysisEngine analysisEngine;
>         JCas aJCas = null;
>         try {
>             in = new XMLInputSource(descriptorFile);
>             specifier =
> UIMAFramework.getXMLParser().parseResourceSpecifier(in);
>             analysisEngine =
> UIMAFramework.produceAnalysisEngine(specifier);
> 
>             for (String key : configParameters.keySet()) {
>                 analysisEngine.setConfigParameterValue(key,
> configParameters.get(key));
>             }
>             analysisEngine.reconfigure();
>             
>             aJCas = analysisEngine.newJCas();
>             aJCas.setDocumentText(testDocument);
>             analysisEngine.process(aJCas);
> 
>         ... // a lot of catches snipped
>         }
>     }
> } 

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