org.apache.uima.cas.text

## Interface AnnotationFS

- All Superinterfaces:
    AnnotationBaseFS, FeatureStructure
  All Known Implementing Classes:
    Annotation, DocumentAnnotation, SourceDocumentInformation

      public interface AnnotationFS
      extends AnnotationBaseFS

  Interface for Annotation Feature Structures.

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `int` | `getBegin()` Get the start position of the annotation as character offset into the text.
    `String` | `getCoveredText()` Get the text covered by an annotation as a string.
    `int` | `getEnd()` Get the end position of the annotation as character offset into the text.

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.apache.uima.cas.AnnotationBaseFS

      `getView`

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.apache.uima.cas.FeatureStructure

      `clone, equals, getBooleanValue, getByteValue, getCAS, getDoubleValue, getFeatureValue, getFeatureValueAsString, getFloatValue, getIntValue, getLongValue, getShortValue, getStringValue, getType, hashCode, setBooleanValue, setByteValue, setDoubleValue, setFeatureValue, setFeatureValueFromString, setFloatValue, setIntValue, setLongValue, setShortValue, setStringValue`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getBegin

          int getBegin()

      Get the start position of the annotation as character offset into the text. The smallest possible start position is `0`, the offset of the first character in the text.
      Returns:
        The start position.

    - #### getEnd

          int getEnd()

      Get the end position of the annotation as character offset into the text. The end position points at the first character after the annotation, such that `(getEnd()-getBegin()) == getCoveredText().length()`.
      Returns:
        The end position.

    - #### getCoveredText

          String getCoveredText()

      Get the text covered by an annotation as a string. If `docText` is your document text and `annot` an annotation, then `annot.getCoveredText().equals(docText.substring(annot.getBegin(), annot.getEnd()))`.
      Returns:
        String

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