Without sofa mapping you should be able to access these views directly, e.g.
CAS view1 = cas.getView("V1");
If your annotator is single-view / sofa-unaware (i.e. declares no input or
output sofas) then it will be passed the default view or whatever view is
mapped to that. If your annotator is multi-view / sofa-aware (i.e. declares
at least one input or output sofa) then it will be given a base CAS with no
view so you MUST use getView to access any of your views.
If you've sofa-mapped V1 to some other name then you'll have to pass getView
the mapped name.
~Burn
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Vinod <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am having difficulty in accessing document text (set by a collection
> reader)
> in a down stream annotator,
> I would appreciate if you could point me in the right direction.
>
> Here is what I have:
>
> Collection Reader creates 3 views, V1, V2, and V3 and sets documentText
> for those views
> (so default view has not text set).
>
> I have an AggregateAE (AAE1) that includes another
> AggregateAE (AAE2 - MedKAT).
>
> In AAE1, I have defined V1, V2, and V3 as output SOFAS and included all
> downstream annotators
> including AAE2 in the sofa mapping.
>
> The problem: Annotators in AAE2 cannot access document text from V1, V2 or
> V3
>
> Isn't the fact that I have defined AAE2 under Outputs in Sofa Mappings as
> "Outputs->V1->AAE2" be
> enough to have all the annotators in AAE2 have access to the views V1?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Vinod.
>
>
