public final void initialize(UimaContext context) throws ResourceInitializationException { super.initialize(context); this.context = context; mLogger = context.getLogger(); if (mLogger.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) { mLogger.log(Level.INFO, "Initializing the " + name + "."); } isRemoveExistingAnnotations = AnnotatorUtil.getOptionalBooleanParameter(context, UimaUtil.IS_REMOVE_EXISTINGS_ANNOTAIONS); if (isRemoveExistingAnnotations == null) { isRemoveExistingAnnotations = false; } initialize(); }