public Entity newEntity(String id, List<Span<Term>> references) {
    idManager.updateCounter(AnnotationType.ENTITY, id);
	Entity newEntity = new Entity(id, references);
	annotationContainer.add(newEntity, Layer.ENTITIES, AnnotationType.ENTITY);
	return newEntity;
    }
public Entity newEntity ( String id , List < Span < Term > > references ) { idManager . updateCounter ( AnnotationType . ENTITY , id ) ; Entity newEntity = new Entity ( id , references ) ; annotationContainer . add ( newEntity , Layer . ENTITIES , AnnotationType . ENTITY ) ; return newEntity ; }
Creates an Entity object to load an existing entity. It receives the ID as an argument. The entity is added to the document object.
@param id the ID of the named entity.
@param type entity type. 8 values are posible: Person, Organization, Location, Date, Time, Money, Percent, Misc.
@param references it contains one or more span elements. A span can be used to reference the different occurrences of the same named entity in the document. If the entity is composed by multiple words, multiple target elements are used.
@return a new named entity.