Hi Eddie,
ok, but why can input CASes created outside the aggregate not be dropped?
Cheers,
-- Richard
On 06.09.2015, at 15:58, Eddie Epstein <eaepst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Torsten,
>
> The documentation says ...
>
> public FinalStep(boolean aForceCasToBeDropped)
>
> Creates a new FinalStep, and may indicate that a CAS should be dropped.
> This can only be used for CASes that are produced internally to the
> aggregate.
> It is an error to attempt to drop a CAS that was passed as input to the
> aggregate.
>
> The error must be because the drop is being applied to a CAS passed into the
> aggregate from the outside, not created by a CasMultiplier inside the
> aggregate.
>
> Eddie
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Zesch, Torsten <torsten.ze...@uni-due.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm trying to implement a FlowController that drops CASes matching certain
>> critera. The FlowController is defined on an inner AAE which sets
>> casproduced to true. The inner AAE resides in an outer AAE which contains
>> additional processing before and after the inner AAE.
>>
>> Reader -> Outer AAE { ProcŠ Inner AAE { FlowController } ProcŠ Consumer}
>> The aggregate receives various input CASes and is supposed to drop some
>> but not others. When I try to drop a CAS in my FlowController now, I get
>> the error
>>
>> Caused by: org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.AnalysisEngineProcessException:
>> The FlowController attempted to drop a CAS that was passed as input to the
>> Aggregate AnalysisEngine containing that FlowController. The only CASes
>> that may be dropped are those that are created within the same Aggregate
>> AnalysisEngine as the FlowController.
>>
>> How can I drop CASes using a FlowController such that they do not proceed
>> in the outer aggregate?
>>
>>
>> thanks,
>> Torsten
