Mateusz Loskot ha scritto:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm writing first time to this list, so let me say hello to all!

Hey, pleasure to meet you again :)

> I'd like to ask if there is any support for Informix DataBlade in 
> GeoTools or any plan to implement it.

Not as far as I know.

> I'm looking for a solution to build a solution based on GeoServer and 
> GeoTools to access feature data stored in Informix database.
> 
> I'd be thankful if anyone could enlighten me about Informix support
> status in GeoTools and what's recommended solution in this matter.

Well, I guess you can follow two different paths:
* build a pure java module. This, properly coded, should give you
   better speed and less cross platform headaches, but the datastore
   API is in a state of flux at the moment so you may have to
   adjust the results of your work later
* complete my abandoned OGR datastore (located in 
module/unsupported/ogr) and leverage the OGR support
   for Informix datablade in OGR to connect to the database.

You'll also have to pick up the right branch depending on which
version of GeoServer you have to use. If you plan to use the 1.6.x
series you'll have to work on the gt2 2.4.x branch (trunk is quite
a few months away from being released and quite a bit more unstable).

Given your experience with OGR I guess you'll lend for the second
option. Just a bit of warning. Using OGR in GeoServer is a whole
different story than using it in MapServer. In GeoServer the OGR
library will be loaded once and then used for days or months.
A single memory leak and you're doomed. A single segfault and
the whole virtual machine goes bye bye. You'll have to make
sure the code is picture perfect or you'll end up with a pretty
unstable GeoServer install.

Hope this help
Cheers
Andrea


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