ExternalDataLayer (wlfxb 1.4.2 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

CanonicalSegmentationLayer, NamedEntityModelLayer, PhoneticSegmentationLayer, SpeechSignalLayer, TokenSegmentationLayer

All Known Implementing Classes:

CanonicalSegmentationLayerStored, ExternalDataLayerStored, NamedEntityModelLayerStored, PhoneticSegmentationLayerStored, SpeechSignalLayerStored, TokenSegmentationLayerStored
```
public interface ExternalDataLayer
```
The ExternalDataLayer interface represents linguistic annotations layer to be used with TCF annotations but to be stored outside of TCF. The ExternalDataLayer has a mime type of its data file and a URL link to its data file.

Author:

Yana Panchenko

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addLink(String dataURL)`	Adds link (URL) to the location of the data file of this layer.
`String`	`getDataMimeType()`	Gets the MIME type of the data file of this layer.
`String`	`getLink()`	Gets link (URL) to the data file of this layer.

- Method Detail
  - getDataMimeType
```
String getDataMimeType()
```
    Gets the MIME type of the data file of this layer.
    
    Returns:
    
    the MIME type
  - getLink
```
String getLink()
```
    Gets link (URL) to the data file of this layer.
    
    Returns:
    
    link to the data file.
  - addLink
```
void addLink(String dataURL)
```
    Adds link (URL) to the location of the data file of this layer.
    
    Parameters:
    
    dataURL - the URL of the data file.