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package org.apache.uima.jcas.cas;

import org.apache.uima.cas.AnnotationBaseFS;
import org.apache.uima.cas.CAS;
import org.apache.uima.cas.SofaFS;
import org.apache.uima.jcas.JCas;
import org.apache.uima.jcas.JCasRegistry;

/**
 * the JCas class model for the CAS type uima.cas.Annotation. It defines two integer valued features
 * indicating the begin and end of the span being annotated. There is also a method to retrieve the
 * spanned text as a string.
 */
public class AnnotationBase extends org.apache.uima.jcas.cas.TOP implements AnnotationBaseFS {

  public final static int typeIndexID = JCasRegistry.register(AnnotationBase.class);

  public final static int type = typeIndexID;

  public int getTypeIndexID() {
    return typeIndexID;
  }

  // Never called. Disable default constructor
  protected AnnotationBase() {
  }

 /* Internal - Constructor used by generator */
  public AnnotationBase(int addr, TOP_Type type) {
    super(addr, type);
  }

  public AnnotationBase(JCas jcas) {
    super(jcas);
  }

  // *------------------*
  // * Feature: sofa
  // * Sofa reference of the annotation
  /*
   * getter for sofa - gets Sofaref for annotation
   */
  public SofaFS getSofa() {
    if (AnnotationBase_Type.featOkTst && ((AnnotationBase_Type) jcasType).casFeat_sofa == null) {
      // https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/UIMA-2384
      this.jcasType.jcas.throwFeatMissing("sofa", this.getClass().getName());
    }
    return (SofaFS) jcasType.ll_cas.ll_getFSForRef(
            jcasType.ll_cas.ll_getRefValue(addr, ((AnnotationBase_Type)jcasType).casFeatCode_sofa));
  }

  public CAS getView() {
    return this.jcasType.casImpl.ll_getSofaCasView(addr);
  }

}

@@ -1096,176 +1096,879 @@
 tion
-. It defines two integer valued features%0A * indicating the begin and end of the span being annotated. There is also a method to retrieve the%0A * spanned text as a string
+Base. %0A * The AnnotationBase type defines one system-used feature which %0A * specifies for an annotation the subject of analysis (Sofa) to which it refers. %0A * Various annotation types (including the built-in uima.tcas.Annotation)%0A * may be defined as subtypes of this type.%0A * %0A * uima.tcas.Annotation is a subtype of this type, appropriate for%0A * Subjects of Analysis which are text strings.  Other (not-built-in)%0A * subtypes may be defined for other kinds of Subjects of Analysis.  For instance%0A * an audio sample Subject of Analysis might define a start and end position as time points %0A * in the stream.  An image Subject of Analysis might define rectangular coordiantes%0A * describing a sub-area of the image.%0A * %0A * If you are defining a type which needs a reference to the Subject of Analysis%0A * (which is view-specific),%0A * it should be a subtype of this base type
 .%0A *

comment change only - fix Javadoc description of AnnotationBase