[UIMA-5829] `between` throws an exception for overlapping annotations

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.0SDK
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.1SDK
• Component/s: UIMA
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Richard Eckart de Castilho
• Created: 15/Jul/18 21:34
• Updated: 18/Jul/18 18:50
• Resolved: 18/Jul/18 18:50

Description

SelectFS throws an exception in the following case. Why not return an empty list?

    Token t1 = new Token(jCas, 45, 57);
    t1.addToIndexes();
    Token t2 = new Token(jCas, 52, 52);
    t2.addToIndexes();

    new Sentence(jCas, 52, 52).addToIndexes();

    // uimaFIT: selectBetween(jCas, Sentence.class, t1, t2);
    List<Sentence> stem1 = jCas.select(Sentence.class).between(t1, t2).asList();
    assertTrue(stem1.isEmpty());

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: End value must be >= Begin value
	at org.apache.uima.cas.impl.SelectFSs_impl.makePosAnnot(SelectFSs_impl.java:855)
	at org.apache.uima.cas.impl.SelectFSs_impl.between(SelectFSs_impl.java:435)
	at org.apache.uima.cas.impl.SelectFSs_impl.between(SelectFSs_impl.java:97)
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