This all looks good; the only matter we are really voting on here is the
addition of a new class:
> class TXT {
> String toTXT( Expression );
> String toTXT( Filter );
> Expression toExpression( String );
> Expression toExpression( String, FilterFactory );
> Filter toFilter( String );
> Filter toFilter( String, FilterFactory );
> List<Filter> toFilterList(String);
> List<Filter> toFilterList(String,FilterFactory);
> }
Could you mention the new syntax on that page? for example I see "like
spatial-relation predicate" listed under tasks but I am not sure I
understand it.
Jody
Mauricio Pazos wrote:
> Hello list, we are near to finish our TXT proposal called "Extension of CQL
> to
> match abilities of Filter"
>
> http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/Extention+of+CQL+to+match+abilities+of+Filter
>
> In the inception phase we picked up the suggestions of a lot of people. Then
> we were working to provide the better solution for the great majority. In
> the
> next list I try to explain some decisions.
>
> 1- IN Predicate and Id filter
> We arrived to a sentence like this
>
> ID IN states1,states.2,states.3
>
> I found a problem to write the grammar for the id values, because its pattern
> is equal to "identifier" (property or attributes) token. Then the lexical
> analysis is not possible. Well, I solved this issue using the string pattern
> then the id values must be between quotes ('states1','states.2','states.3' ).
>
> Finally, some user suggested to add something like the IN sentence (from SQL)
> to avoid query like x=1 or x=2 or x=3 .... . Well thinking in the
> compatibility with this sentence I thought Id Predicate should be consistent
> with this. Then I added the parenthesis "(" ")", the final result was
>
> id predicate
> ID IN ( 'states1', 'states.2' , 'states.3' )
>
> in predicate
> length IN (4100001,4100002, 4100003 )
>
> 2- BBOX extension
> CQL allows to write BBOX(the_geom, 10.0, 20.0, 30.0, 40.0)
>
> The idea was extend it to allow to write a sentence like
>
> BBOX( buffer( the_geom , 10) , 10.0, 20.0, 30.0, 40.0)
> To implement this was needed to change the actual implementation of
>
> org.geotools.filter.FilterFactoryImpl Class
>
> public BBOX bbox(
> Expression e, double minx, double miny,
> double maxx, double maxy, String srs)
>
> that limit the first parameter "e" to instance of "PropertyNames". (Jody
> suggested me to make a proposal, I will do it)
>
> - Reference
> Interested people can find the source code in
>
> http://svn.geotools.org/trunk/modules/library/cql
>
> There is a "light" test that could be a good overview in
>
> org.geotools.filter.text.txt.TXTTest
>
> The package org.geotools.filter.text.txt contains many test cases if you are
> interested in more details.
>
> Finally, I would like the next step in the process. Maybe, is it time to
> start
> the voting?.
> Could I begin to organize the user documentation
> in http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTDOC/14+CQL ?
>
>
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