[UIMA-2147] Generate static fields for type names and feature names in JCas wrappers

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.1SDK
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0SDK-beta
• Component/s: Core Java Framework
• Assignee: Marshall Schor
• Reporter: Richard Eckart de Castilho
• Created: 29/May/11 11:45
• Updated: 05/Sep/17 18:09
• Resolved: 05/Sep/17 18:09

Description

It would be convient if the JCas wrapper generator would create static final String fields for feature names and for the type name, e.g.

public static final String TYPE_NAME = "my.jcastypes.Type";

public static final String FEAT_BEGIN = "begin";

This would allow cleaner programming with JCas wrappers in cases where the names are required. In particular it would allow to detect certain errors at compile-time and facilitate refactoring.

Issue Links

• blocks: UIMA-2552 Support for JCas classes in @TypeCapability annotation
• is superceded by: UIMA-4687 UV3 improve JCas feature id use for index corruption checking and journaling