[UIMA-177] JCasGen should notify user when "type merging" has occurred

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.1
• Component/s: Core Java Framework
• Assignee: Marshall Schor
• Reporter: Adam P. Lally
• Created: 10/Jan/07 23:24
• Updated: 17/Jan/07 19:22
• Resolved: 17/Jan/07 19:22

Description

In light of the issues with composability of annotators that use JCas combined with "type merging" (using different definitions of the same type, with different feature sets), we should add a notification to JCasGen and the CDE whenever type merging is detected. The user should be warned that what they are doing may negatively impact the composability of their annotator.

Can we get this in for 2.1?

Sub-Tasks

• Extend CasCreationUtils methods for type system merging to return list of types where feature-merge was required: Closed