On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 3:22 AM, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Andrea: > I have another idea that came up when looking at the patch (sorry for > picking on your patch Michael, I feel bad as this work is 1/2 done, and my > fault in that respect). > You have hit on one of two remaining tasks: > 1) update StreamingRenderer to use MapContent > 2) update StreamingRenderer to support DirectLayer > With respect to (1) .... > Andrea how do you feel about making MapContent, MapViewport and Layer part > of gt-api? We could not have the explicit subclasses like FeatureLayer > defined in gt-api (as for example FeatureLayer would be defined by gt-main > in order to make use of DataUtilities). > To make that approach "smooth" I would also define a Render interface (to > hold setMapContent / getMapContent) and have GTRender extend that: > The GTRender / MapContext / MapLayer classes would remain in gt-render, > existing client code can continue to use it as a "nice" way of setting up a > MapContent.
Maybe? The thing is, I never used any of these classes, don't know what they are up to. I recall it as an experiment of some time ago, but it's actually something that I don't know anything about, so it's difficult for me to comment on it. What makes the new classes better? Are we going to replace the old ones, deprecated them? So far I took a "damage control" perspective on this work, just making sure it would not break the existing functionality, if you are serious about it I guess I'll have to look deeper into it but having some reference would sure help fit this into the time I can dedicate to unfunded work, which is, bits and pieces of the weekend. Breaking new core API (and deprecating old one) is proposal material too, it also requires a description of how to go from the former to the latter. Long story short, I have no preconception against the new classes, but would like more time to look into it (whether you want to start with a proposal right now or wait for a more informed opinion from my part, that is up to you) Cheers Andrea -- ------------------------------------------------------- Ing. Andrea Aime GeoSolutions S.A.S. Tech lead Via Poggio alle Viti 1187 55054 Massarosa (LU) Italy phone: +39 0584 962313 fax: +39 0584 962313 http://www.geo-solutions.it http://geo-solutions.blogspot.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/GeoSolutionsIT http://www.linkedin.com/in/andreaaime http://twitter.com/geowolf ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
