On 16/10/12 01:21, Shahim Essaid wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Does the UIMA API provide a way to add features to the base type
> system? I see that the default TS is created and locked in CASImpl so
> I am assuming that there is no API way for doing this.  Can I add
> additional features in the CASImpl code (and modify the Java cover
> classes in jcas) and recompile? Will this work? Does the rest of the
> API make any assumptions about the Top type and what features it can
> have?
> 
> The reason I am asking is that  I want to add few String features to
> capture some metadata about each annotation instance in a generic way
> even if the instances are created by an independent Annotator or PEAR.
> 
> Thanks,
> Shahim
> 

Off the top of my hat, I don't recall anything that would prevent that.

--Thilo

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