IPersistentAnnotation (Okapi Framework SDK 1.47.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, IAnnotation

All Known Implementing Classes:

GenericAnnotation, GenericAnnotations, InlineAnnotation, Issue, IssueAnnotation, ITSLQIAnnotations, ITSProvenanceAnnotations
```
public interface IPersistentAnnotation
extends IAnnotation
```
An IAnnotation that can be serialized. Must have a IAnnotation.toString() and fromString(String) methods to write and read themselves to and from a string.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`IPersistentAnnotation`	`clone()`	Clones this annotation.
`void`	`fromString(String storage)`	Initializes this annotation from a storage string originally obtained from `IAnnotation.toString()`.

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.okapi.common.annotation.IAnnotation
toString

- Method Detail
  - fromString
```
void fromString(String storage)
```
    Initializes this annotation from a storage string originally obtained from IAnnotation.toString().
    
    Parameters:
    
    storage - The storage string to use for the initialization.
  - clone
```
IPersistentAnnotation clone()
```
    Clones this annotation.
    
    Returns:
    
    A new IPersistentAnnotation object that is a copy of this one.