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Thanks a lot for the quick replies! I am using the SimplePipeline that is based AnalysisEngineDescriptions.
The pipeline was, however, using the createReader() method to set up the CollectionReader,
like this: 

		SimplePipeline.runPipeline(
			CollectionReaderFactory.createReader(
					readerClass,
					readerConfigData),
			analysisEngine1,
			analysisEngine2
		);

I have converted this to using the createReaderDescription method: 

		SimplePipeline.runPipeline(
				createReaderDescription(
						readerClass,
						readerConfigData),
			analysisEngine1,
			analysisEngine2
		);


But the result is still the same: The annotations are missing from the CAS that is input to
the 2nd AAE. 

Cheers, 

Martin
 

> Am 26.08.2015 um 21:44 schrieb Richard Eckart de Castilho <rec@apache.org>:
> 
> Thanks Matt :)
> 
> The case that you describe applies if Martin is using the
> AnalysisEngine-based signature:
> 
> SimplePipeline.runPipeline(reader, AnalysisEngine, AnalysisEngine, ...);
> 
> When using the AnalysisEngineDescription-based signature, then uimaFIT
> will internally wrap all the given AEDs in another aggregate AED, so
> the case should no longer apply.
> 
> SimplePipeline.runPipeline(reader, AnalysisEngineDescription, 
>  AnalysisEngineDescription, ...);
> 
> As a general recommendation: stay away from createEngine and createReader
> unless you have a *really* good reason to use them. Better use
> createEngineDescription and createReaderDescription everywhere and as
> long as possible.
> 
> @Matt: I guess the approach you found could help SimplePipeline to work
> much better when the AnalysisEngine-based signature is used. I'd 
> appreciate if you could open an issue for that in the Jira.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -- Richard
> 
> On 26.08.2015, at 21:33, Matthew DeAngelis <ronin78@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I'll bet that Richard will be more helpful than I am, but I found the below
>> in the documentation for CAS Multipliers (7.5.2). It does not sound exactly
>> like your issue, but it might be related.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Matt
>> 
>> 7.5.2. Using a CAS Multiplier with other Analysis Engines
>> 
>> In your application you can take the output CASes from a CAS Multiplier and
>> pass them to the process method of other Analysis Engines. However there
>> are some special considerations regarding the Type System of these CASes.
>> 
>> By default, the output CASes of a CAS Multiplier will have a Type System
>> that contains all of the types and features declared by any component in
>> the outermost Aggregate Analysis Engine or Collection Processing Engine
>> that contains the CAS Multiplier. If in your application you create a CAS
>> Multiplier and another Analysis Engine, where these are not enclosed in an
>> aggregate, then the output CASes from the CAS Multiplier will not support
>> any types or features that are declared in the latter Analysis Engine but
>> not in the CAS Multiplier.
>> 
>> This can be remedied by forcing the CAS Multiplier and Analysis Engine to
>> share a single UimaContext when they are created, as follows:
>> 
>> //create a "root" UIMA context for your whole application
>> 
>> UimaContextAdmin rootContext =
>>  UIMAFramework.newUimaContext(UIMAFramework.getLogger(),
>>     UIMAFramework.newDefaultResourceManager(),
>>     UIMAFramework.newConfigurationManager());
>> 
>> XMLInputSource input = new XMLInputSource("MyCasMultiplier.xml");
>> AnalysisEngineDescription desc = UIMAFramework.getXMLParser().
>>       parseAnalysisEngineDescription(input);
>> 
>> //create a UIMA Context for the new AE we are about to create
>> 
>> //first argument is unique key among all AEs used in the application
>> UimaContextAdmin childContext = rootContext.createChild(
>>       "myCasMultiplier", Collections.EMPTY_MAP);
>> 
>> //instantiate CAS Multiplier AE, passing the UIMA Context through the
>> //additional parameters map
>> 
>> Map additionalParams = new HashMap();
>> additionalParams.put(Resource.PARAM_UIMA_CONTEXT, childContext);
>> 
>> AnalysisEngine casMultiplierAE = UIMAFramework.produceAnalysisEngine(
>>       desc,additionalParams);
>> 
>> //repeat for another AE
>> XMLInputSource input2 = new XMLInputSource("MyAE.xml");
>> AnalysisEngineDescription desc2 = UIMAFramework.getXMLParser().
>>       parseAnalysisEngineDescription(input2);
>> 
>> UimaContextAdmin childContext2 = rootContext.createChild(
>>       "myAE", Collections.EMPTY_MAP);
>> 
>> Map additionalParams2 = new HashMap();
>> additionalParams2.put(Resource.PARAM_UIMA_CONTEXT, childContext2);
>> 
>> AnalysisEngine myAE = UIMAFramework.produceAnalysisEngine(
>>       desc2, additionalParams2);
>