[UIMA-3303] Add a way to alias types in RUTA (e.g. "IMPORT type AS alias")

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.2.0ruta
• Fix Version/s: 2.2.0ruta
• Component/s: Ruta
• Assignee: Alexandre Patry
• Reporter: Alexandre Patry
• Created: 26/Sep/13 01:33
• Updated: 10/Feb/14 13:18
• Resolved: 02/Feb/14 01:23

Description

It would be convenient to define type aliases in RUTA script.

One scenario where it would help is when many types have the same short name:

IMPORT com.example.a.T AS TA
IMPORT com.example.b.T AS TB

For a discussion about it, see UIMA-3292.