[UIMA-183] (CAS/JCAS).getAnnotationIndex should declare return type AnnotationIndex

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.1
• Component/s: Core Java Framework
• Assignee: Thilo Goetz
• Reporter: Adam P. Lally
• Created: 11/Jan/07 20:45
• Updated: 12/Jan/07 15:01
• Resolved: 12/Jan/07 15:01

Description

The getAnnotationIndex methods declare return type FSIndex, and require the user to do a typecast to AnnotationIndex. Previously we were stuck with this because changing it would break binary compatibility, but now's our chance to clean it up. The change would be source-compatible.