# Package org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.asb

package org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.asb
Contains the Analysis Structure Broker (ASB) interface, along with supporting interfaces and exception classes. The ASB is the component responsible for communicating with component Analysis Engines within an Aggregate Analysis Engine.

- Related Packages
  Package
  Description
  org.apache.uima.analysis_engine
  The Analysis Engine interface, along with supporting interfaces and exception classes.
  org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.asb.impl
  org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.annotator
  The Annotator Interfaces, along with supporting interfaces and exception classes.
  org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl
  org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.metadata
  Interfaces for objects that represent metadata for an Analysis Engine.
- Interfaces
  Class
  Description
  ASB
  The Analysis Structure Broker (`ASB`) is the component responsible for the details of communicating with Analysis Engines that may potentially be distributed across different physical machines.