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package org.apache.uima.caseditor.editor.util;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;

import org.apache.uima.cas.FeatureStructure;
import org.apache.uima.cas.text.AnnotationFS;


/**
 * TODO: add javadoc here.
 */
public class UimaUtil {
  
  /**
   * Casts a {@link FeatureStructure} collection to an {@link AnnotationFS} collection.
   *
   * @param annotations the annotations
   * @return the {@link AnnotationFS} collection
   */
  public static Collection<FeatureStructure> cast(Collection<AnnotationFS> annotations) {
    Collection<FeatureStructure> structures = new ArrayList<FeatureStructure>(annotations.size());

    for (AnnotationFS annotation : annotations) {
      structures.add(annotation);
    }

    return structures;
  }
}
