First question: why do you declare 'dict' as a DictTerm instead of a
'MyDictTerm', e.g.:
MyDictTerm dict = new MyDictTerm(jcas);
On Dec 21, 2010, at 7:13 AM, David Santucci wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I hope you can help me with a problem with Concept Mapper.
> I defined a dictionary with more features:
>
> <synonim>
> <token canonical="aaa" text="bbb" feature1="ccc" feature2="ddd" >
> <variant base="aaa" />
> .....
> How can I access the value of these features?
>
> I tried defining a new "MyDictTerm.xml", which defines a type extend the
> type "MyDictTerm" that extends the standard "DictTerm".
> "MyDictTerm" contains new features (feature1 and feature2), added in the
> "Type System Definition" of "MyDictTerm.xml" Component Descriptor Editor.
> After creating the java classes with "JCasGen" the following code doesn't
> work:
>
> FSIndex index = jcas.getAnnotationIndex(MyDictTerm.type);
> Iterator it = index.iterator();
> DictTerm dict = new MyDictTerm(jcas);
>
> while (it.hasNext()) {
> dict = (MyDictTerm) it.next();
> System.out.print("feature1" + dict.getFeature1());
> }
>
> The system says it needs a cast ((MyDictTerm) dict).getFeature1() , but the
> system doesn't find any annotation.
> What's the right way to retrieve features on a dictionary?
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> David
