net.sf.okapi.common.annotation

Interface IPersistentAnnotation

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, IAnnotation

All Known Implementing Classes:

GenericAnnotation, GenericAnnotations, InlineAnnotation, Issue, IssueAnnotation, ITSLQIAnnotations, ITSProvenanceAnnotations

public interface IPersistentAnnotation
extends IAnnotation

An IAnnotation that can be serialized. Must have a IAnnotation.toString() and fromString(String) methods to write and read themselves to and from a string.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IPersistentAnnotation	clone() Clones this annotation.
void	fromString(String storage) Initializes this annotation from a storage string originally obtained from IAnnotation.toString().

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.okapi.common.annotation.IAnnotation

toString

Method Detail

fromString

void fromString(String storage)

Initializes this annotation from a storage string originally obtained from IAnnotation.toString().

Parameters:

storage - The storage string to use for the initialization.

clone

IPersistentAnnotation clone()

Clones this annotation.

Returns:

A new IPersistentAnnotation object that is a copy of this one.