@Override
  public void initialize(UimaContext aContext)
          throws ResourceInitializationException{
    File inputFile = new File("genenames.txt");
    geneList=new ArrayList<String>();
    
    try {
      geneDataReader=new BufferedReader(new FileReader(inputFile));
      String geneName;
      while((geneName=geneDataReader.readLine())!=null){
        geneList.add(geneName.trim().toUpperCase());
      }
    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
      // TODO Auto-generated catch block
      e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IOException e) {
      // TODO Auto-generated catch block
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }