[UIMA-4369] syntax simplification for matching condition

• 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 05:58
• Updated: 30/Apr/15 08:45
• Resolved: 30/Apr/15 08:21

Description

Below a proposal to make the Ruta syntax more succinct:

If no matching rule is specified, the whole document (DocumentAnnotation) is implicitely used.

// before
Document{-> MARKFAST(Animal, 'Animals.txt')};
// after
MARKFAST(Animal, 'Animals.txt');