package edu.stanford.nlp.ie.machinereading.domains.ace.reader;
/**
* Base class for all ACE annotation elements.
*/
public class AceElement {
/** Unique identifier for this element/ */
protected final String mId;
public AceElement(String id) {
mId = id;
}
public String getId() { return mId; }
// todo [cdm 2014]: Change this to using StringBuilder or Appendable or similar
public static void appendOffset(StringBuffer buffer,
int offset) {
for(int i = 0; i < offset; i ++){
buffer.append(' ');
}
}
}