[jira] [Created] (UIMA-2586) @ExternalResource - key should default to name of annotated field instead of the field type name

["Richard Eckart de Castilho (JIRA)" <de...@uima.apache.org>]

Richard Eckart de Castilho created UIMA-2586:
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             Summary: @ExternalResource - key should default to name of annotated field instead of the field type name
                 Key: UIMA-2586
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/UIMA-2586
             Project: UIMA
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: uimafit
            Reporter: Richard Eckart de Castilho
            Assignee: Richard Eckart de Castilho


While analyzing some comments on uimaFIT recently on the UIMA users mailing list, it occurred to me that the default value for "key" should probably be the name of the annotated field, not the name of the type of the annotated field. That means

{code}
  public static final String FOO_KEY = "foo";
  @ExternalResource(key = FOO_KEY)
  private Foo foo;
{code}

could be written as simply

{code}
  @ExternalResource
  private Foo foo;
{code}

However, this would mean that 

{code}
  bindResource(desc, DummyResource.class);
{code}

wouldn't work anymore, because this kind of binding relies on the fact that the key defaults to the field type name. I think though, that this is a rather rare case.

Btw. the UIMA mailing list post is: 
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/uima-user/201103.mbox/%3cloom.20110321T183824-248@post.gmane.org%3e

Google Code Issue: https://code.google.com/p/uimafit/issues/detail?id=71

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