CollectionReaderDescription

All Superinterfaces:

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

All Known Implementing Classes:

CollectionReaderDescription_impl
```
public interface CollectionReaderDescription
extends ResourceCreationSpecifier
```
An CollectionReaderDescription contains all of the information needed to instantiate and use an CollectionReader.

Method Summary

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

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
  - getCollectionReaderMetaData
```
ProcessingResourceMetaData getCollectionReaderMetaData()
```
    Retrieves the metadata that describes the CollectionReader.
    
    Returns:
    
    the ResourceMetaData object containing the CollectionReader's metadata. This object can be modified.