Hi, the wildcard # has some bugs in ruta 2.0.1, which have been fixed in ruta-2.1.0.
It's hard to determine what the problem is. I created a small test set in ruta-2.1.0 and tested the rule. No problems observed. You might want to switch to ruta-2.1.0. There is a release candidate with an update site: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/uima/eclipse-update-site/composite-update-site/2 Let me know if there are still some problems. Best, Peter On 16.09.2013 16:30, Sondes Bannour wrote: > Hi Peter, > > I am trying to apply this rule on a text annotated with a Token type: > > Token #{->MARKONCE(Détention1)} Token; > > and i am getting this error message: > > org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.AnalysisEngineProcessException: Annotator > processing failed. > at org.apache.uima.ruta.engine.RutaEngine.process(RutaEngine.java:279) > at > org.apache.uima.analysis_component.JCasAnnotator_ImplBase.process(JCasAnnotator_ImplBase.java:48) > at > org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.callAnalysisComponentProcess(PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.java:375) > at > org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.processAndOutputNewCASes(PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.java:296) > at > org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.AnalysisEngineImplBase.process(AnalysisEngineImplBase.java:267) > at > org.apache.uima.ruta.ide.launching.RutaLauncher.processFile(RutaLauncher.java:152) > at > org.apache.uima.ruta.ide.launching.RutaLauncher.main(RutaLauncher.java:119) > Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.RutaTypeMatcher.getAnnotationsAfter(RutaTypeMatcher.java:93) > at > org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.RutaRuleElement.getNextAnnotations(RutaRuleElement.java:373) > at > org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.RutaRuleElement.continueMatch(RutaRuleElement.java:192) > at > org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.WildCardRuleElement.tryWithNextType(WildCardRuleElement.java:244) > at > org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.WildCardRuleElement.tryWithNextRuleElement(WildCardRuleElement.java:84) > at > org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.WildCardRuleElement.continueMatch(WildCardRuleElement.java:64) > at > org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.RutaRuleElement.startMatch(RutaRuleElement.java:79) > at > org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.ComposedRuleElement.startMatch(ComposedRuleElement.java:58) > at org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.RutaRule.apply(RutaRule.java:47) > at org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.RutaRule.apply(RutaRule.java:40) > at org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.RutaRule.apply(RutaRule.java:29) > at org.apache.uima.ruta.RutaScriptBlock.apply(RutaScriptBlock.java:63) > at org.apache.uima.ruta.RutaModule.apply(RutaModule.java:48) > at org.apache.uima.ruta.engine.RutaEngine.process(RutaEngine.java:277) > ... 6 more > > Exception in thread "main" > org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.AnalysisEngineProcessException: Annotator > processing failed. > at org.apache.uima.ruta.engine.RutaEngine.process(RutaEngine.java:279) > at > org.apache.uima.analysis_component.JCasAnnotator_ImplBase.process(JCasAnnotator_ImplBase.java:48) > at > org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.callAnalysisComponentProcess(PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.java:375) > at > org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.processAndOutputNewCASes(PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.java:296) > at > org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.AnalysisEngineImplBase.process(AnalysisEngineImplBase.java:267) > at > org.apache.uima.ruta.ide.launching.RutaLauncher.processFile(RutaLauncher.java:152) > at > org.apache.uima.ruta.ide.launching.RutaLauncher.main(RutaLauncher.java:119) > Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.RutaTypeMatcher.getAnnotationsAfter(RutaTypeMatcher.java:93) > at > org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.RutaRuleElement.getNextAnnotations(RutaRuleElement.java:373) > at > org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.RutaRuleElement.continueMatch(RutaRuleElement.java:192) > at > org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.WildCardRuleElement.tryWithNextType(WildCardRuleElement.java:244) > at > org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.WildCardRuleElement.tryWithNextRuleElement(WildCardRuleElement.java:84) > at > org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.WildCardRuleElement.continueMatch(WildCardRuleElement.java:64) > at > org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.RutaRuleElement.startMatch(RutaRuleElement.java:79) > at > org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.ComposedRuleElement.startMatch(ComposedRuleElement.java:58) > at org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.RutaRule.apply(RutaRule.java:47) > at org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.RutaRule.apply(RutaRule.java:40) > at org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.RutaRule.apply(RutaRule.java:29) > at org.apache.uima.ruta.RutaScriptBlock.apply(RutaScriptBlock.java:63) > at org.apache.uima.ruta.RutaModule.apply(RutaModule.java:48) > at org.apache.uima.ruta.engine.RutaEngine.process(RutaEngine.java:277) > ... 6 more > > > Do you know what is the problem? > > Best regards > Sondes >
