[OPENNLP-1587] Reduce creation of prefix String objects in SequenceCodec classes

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.3
• Fix Version/s: 2.4.0
• Component/s: Name Finder
• Assignee: Martin Wiesner
• Reporter: Martin Wiesner
• Created: 01/Jul/24 12:12
• Updated: 03/Jul/24 06:11
• Resolved: 03/Jul/24 06:11

Description

The two classes implementing SequenceCodec, create unnecessary string objects. This results in a significant object overhead at runtime, during model training for instance.

Aims:

• Optimize BioCodec and BilouCodec by reducing object creations by introducing constants for "constant" prefixes