Richard Eckart de Castilho created UIMA-6214:
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             Summary: Method signature class in ExternalResourceFactory
                 Key: UIMA-6214
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/UIMA-6214
             Project: UIMA
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: uimaFIT
    Affects Versions: 3.0.0uimaFIT
            Reporter: Richard Eckart de Castilho
            Assignee: Richard Eckart de Castilho
             Fix For: 3.1.0uimaFIT


The renaming of methods in the ExternalResourceFactory between uimaFIT v2 and 
v3 was designed to remove ambiguities between the method signatures. However, 
it has introduced a new set of ambiguities...

There are a few methods meant do bind a resource to one particular thing 
(resource manager, component, other resource)
* {{void bindResource(ResourceCreationSpecifier aDesc, String aBindTo, 
ExternalResourceDescription aRes)}}
*  {{void bindResource(ResourceManagerConfiguration aResMgrCfg, String aBindTo, 
String aRes)}}
* {{void bindResource(ResourceCreationSpecifier aDesc, String aBindTo, String 
aRes)}}
* {{void bindResource(ExternalResourceDescription aRes, String aBindTo, 
ExternalResourceDescription aNestedRes)}}
* {{void bindResource(ResourceManagerConfiguration aResMgrCfg, String aBindTo, 
ExternalResourceDescription aRes)}}

Then, there is another bunch of methods meant to scan objects recursively and 
bind resources wherever applicable:
* {{void bindResource(ResourceSpecifier aDesc, Class<? extends Resource> aRes, 
String... aParams)}}
* {{void bindResource(ResourceSpecifier aDesc, Class<?> aApi, Class<? extends 
Resource> aRes, String... aParams)}}
* {{void bindResource(ResourceSpecifier aDesc, ExternalResourceDescription 
aResDesc)}}
* {{void bindResource(ResourceSpecifier aDesc, String aKey, Class<? extends 
Resource> aRes, String... aParams)}}
* {{void bindResource(ResourceSpecifier aDesc, String aKey, 
ExternalResourceDescription aResDesc)}}
* {{void bindResource(ResourceSpecifier aDesc, String aKey, File aFile)}}
* {{void bindResource(ResourceSpecifier aDesc, String aKey, String aUrl)}}
* {{void bindResource(ResourceSpecifier aDesc, String aKey, URL aUrl)}}
* {{void bindResourceUsingUrl(ResourceSpecifier aDesc, Class<? extends 
SharedResourceObject> aRes, String aUrl, Object... aParams)}}
* {{void bindResourceUsingUrl(ResourceSpecifier aDesc, Class<?> aApi, Class<? 
extends SharedResourceObject> aRes, String aUrl, Object... aParams)}}
* {{void bindResourceUsingUrl(ResourceSpecifier aDesc, String aKey, Class<? 
extends SharedResourceObject> aRes, String aUrl, Object... aParams)}}
* 



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