Gate embedded as web service

Question

I will start developing GATE as web services based on my saved applications in Java. Is it possible? At the moment, my saved application includes ANNIE Plugin.

I researched on GATE and found that there was one plugin called "NeOn" and the web services for NeOn are not supported.

Should i write the GateListener as a Servlet? I do not have any idea for how I can develop it in my program. Can you help me please?

Here is an article that I have found that addresses my problem.

Answer 1

There's a tutorial with code available in module 8 in the training material. Take a look at the GateHandler class which:

• handles a request with a string parameter
• creates a GATE document
• puts it in a corpus
• processes it with a custom pipeline
• writes document features in the response

GATE embedded is easily integrated in a Spring application (the working example in module 8, running on a jetty server) so you don't have to manually start/manage your pipeline or pass it to the servlet.

Also check the GATE embedded documentation for other ideas on integrating GATE.