[UIMA-4368] syntax simplification for types declaration

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.0ruta
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.0ruta
• Component/s: Ruta
• Assignee: Peter Klügl
• Reporter: Renaud Richardet
• Created: 29/Apr/15 05:55
• Updated: 30/Apr/15 08:45
• Resolved: 30/Apr/15 08:21

Description

Below a proposal to make the Ruta syntax more succinct:

When declaring types with a parent type: if no parent type is specified, Annotation is used as the implied default parent type.

// before
DECLARE Annotation MyAnnotation(STRING myFeature);
// after
DECLARE MyAnnotation(STRING myFeature);