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The default name of configuration parameters is now the name of the annotated field only. The classname is no longer prefixed. The method ConfigurationParameterFactory.createConfigurationParameterName() that was used to generate the prefixed name has been removed.

Compatibility with legacy annotation is provided by the #Legacy support module.

Legacy support module

The compatibility layer should allow you to migrate to uimaFIT 2.0.0 without breaking anything. You should then be able to gradually change the codebase to be compatible with uimaFIT 2.0.0. As far as my tests go, uimaFIT 1.x and 2.0.0 can coexist peacefully on the classpath (and indeed both need to be on the classpath in order to use the legacy support module).

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