CasConsumerDescription

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, MetaDataObject, ResourceCreationSpecifier, ResourceSpecifier, java.io.Serializable, XMLizable

All Known Implementing Classes:

CasConsumerDescription_impl
```
public interface CasConsumerDescription
extends ResourceCreationSpecifier
```
An CasConsumerDescription contains all of the information needed to instantiate and use an CasConsumer.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ProcessingResourceMetaData`	`getCasConsumerMetaData()`	Retrieves the metadata that describes the CasConsumer.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.uima.resource.metadata.MetaDataObject
clone, equals, getAttributeValue, getSourceUrl, getSourceUrlString, isModifiable, listAttributes, setAttributeValue, setSourceUrl

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.uima.resource.ResourceCreationSpecifier
doFullValidation, doFullValidation, getExternalResourceDependencies, getExternalResourceDependency, getFrameworkImplementation, getImplementationName, getMetaData, getResourceManagerConfiguration, setExternalResourceDependencies, setFrameworkImplementation, setImplementationName, setMetaData, setResourceManagerConfiguration, validate, validate

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.uima.util.XMLizable
buildFromXMLElement, buildFromXMLElement, toXML, toXML, toXML, toXML

- Method Detail
  - getCasConsumerMetaData
```
ProcessingResourceMetaData getCasConsumerMetaData()
```
    Retrieves the metadata that describes the CasConsumer.
    
    Returns:
    
    the ProcessingResourceMetaData object containing the CasConsumer's metadata. This object can be modified.