while (routeTokenItr.hasNext()){
RouteAnnotation focusToken = (RouteAnnotation) routeTokenItr.next();
String localRoute = null;
if ((localRoute = findRouteElement(jcas, focusToken.getBegin(),
focusToken.getEnd())) == null) {
route = new RouteElement(focusToken.getCoveredText(),
focusToken.getBegin(), focusToken.getEnd());
} else {
setRouteElement(localRoute, focusToken.getBegin(),
focusToken.getEnd());
}