[UIMA-6388] CAS.select(null) returns all annotations

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.2.0SDK
• Fix Version/s: 3.3.0SDK
• Component/s: Core Java Framework
• Assignee: Richard Eckart de Castilho
• Reporter: Richard Eckart de Castilho
• Created: 17/Oct/21 22:15
• Updated: 18/Feb/22 10:14
• Resolved: 18/Feb/22 10:14

Description

When calling CAS.select() with a Type null argument, then all annotations are returned. I believe when select is called with a null argument, an IllegalArgumentException should be thrown instead. It is very surprising if you write code like this:

var type = cas.getTypeSystem("non.existing.Type");
cas.select(type).asList() <= returns a list of all feature structures in the CAS, e.g. the DocumentAnnotation etc.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #181