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package opennlp.uima.util;
import java.util.Comparator;
import org.apache.uima.cas.text.AnnotationFS;
/**
* Checks two annotations for equality.
*/
public class AnnotationComparator implements Comparator<AnnotationFS>
{
/**
* Compares the begin indexes of the annotations.
*
* @param a - first annotation
* @param b - second annotation
*
* @return 0 if equals, < 0 if before and > 0 if after
*/
public int compare(AnnotationFS a, AnnotationFS b) {
return a.getBegin() - b.getBegin();
}
}