Hi Ben, So yes, at the moment there is no handling of any complex features so the bindings all assume the flat feature model.
That being said, the parser itself is very flexible and allows you to plug and override bindings as necessary. A possible path forward would be this: Create new bindings for AbstractFeatureType (and any other types we need to change) and put them in some sort of "complex" package. Then create a "ComplexGML3Configuration" which extends the regular GML3Configuration but overrides said bindings. This approach would be good because its non-invasive to the rest of the code base but at the same time allows you to work directly on trunk. Thoughts / Questions? -Justin Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > As you are no doubt aware, I have been attempting to port GeoTools 2.4.x > community-schemas-ds to trunk. The purpose of this port is to make use > of GeoAPI 2.2 and its implementations in gt-main, so as to better > support complex features. The intent is to get rid of the nasty adapters > used in community-schemas-ds to smuggle ISO features in the old gt2 > feature model, and use the clean opengis Feature API (GeoAPI). This > requires consistent use of the opengis API throughout. > > It appears to me that GML3 (gt-xsd-gml3) on trunk is very similar to > that on 2.4.x, and that the migration from 2.4.x to trunk of GML3 > largely consisted of changing the binding of features from the old gt2 > Feature to opengis SimpleFeature (not opengis Feature). For example > AbstractFeatureTypeBinding has getType, parse, and encode that all > operate on SimpleFeature. I can find no mention of opengis Feature in > GML3 on trunk. > > (1) Am I correct in my understanding that GML3 on trunk has no support > for opengis Feature, and is implemented to bind purely to opengis > SimpleFeature? > > (2) If this is the case, is there any plan to support complex features > in GML3 on trunk? > > I would welcome any suggestions as to how I might use GML3 on trunk to > implement complex features. > > Kind regards, > -- Justin Deoliveira OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org Enterprise support for open source geospatial. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
