ContainingConstraint (Apache OpenNLP UIMA Annotators 1.9.5 API)
Date: 2026-06-18

opennlp.uima.util

## Class ContainingConstraint

- java.lang.Object
- - opennlp.uima.util.ContainingConstraint

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable, org.apache.uima.cas.FSConstraint, org.apache.uima.cas.FSMatchConstraint

      public final class ContainingConstraint
      extends Object
      implements org.apache.uima.cas.FSMatchConstraint

  Checks if an AnnotationFS is contained by the given AnnotationFS.
  See Also:
    Serialized Form

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `ContainingConstraint()` Initializes a new instance.
    `ContainingConstraint(org.apache.uima.cas.text.AnnotationFS containingAnnotation)` Initializes a new instance.

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `boolean` | `match(org.apache.uima.cas.FeatureStructure featureStructure)` Checks if the given FeatureStructure match the constraint.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### ContainingConstraint

          public ContainingConstraint()

      Initializes a new instance.

    - #### ContainingConstraint

          public ContainingConstraint(org.apache.uima.cas.text.AnnotationFS containingAnnotation)

      Initializes a new instance.
      Parameters:
        `containingAnnotation` -

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### match

          public boolean match(org.apache.uima.cas.FeatureStructure featureStructure)

      Checks if the given FeatureStructure match the constraint.
      Specified by:
        `match` in interface `org.apache.uima.cas.FSMatchConstraint`

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