I get it. Nope, but sounds like a good thing in jump.util (or some appropriate subpackage)
Paul Austin wrote: > Something like this, rather than having to do all the class.getMethod stuff > > String name = PropertyUtils.getProperty(featureSchema, "name"); > > Paul > > Martin Davis wrote: > >> Not sure what you mean - you mean retrieve an attribute from a Feature >> by name? If so, yup. Otherwise, it has whatever java reflection provides. >> >> Paul Austin wrote: >> >> >>> Martin, >>> >>> Does JUMP currently have any introspection code to get a property from >>> an object by a name, something like commons-beanutils. If it does I can >>> use introspection to see if the FeatureSchema has a "name" property if >>> it does use that rather than requiring it on the FeatureSchema class. >>> >>> BTW I think that FeatureSchema should be an interface not a class. >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> Martin Davis wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Good questions, Michael, especially the one about having different >>>> schemas with the same name. I suspect Paul's code would work fine in >>>> this case, but it is an important philosophical point which should be >>>> thought out fully before going far down this road. >>>> >>>> Michaël Michaud wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi Paul and Larry, >>>>> >>>>> Just few questions I wonder about naming schemas : >>>>> - What really needs to be named, FeatureSchema or FeatureCollection ? >>>>> - Will it be possible to have two different names for identical schemas >>>>> (it should) ? >>>>> - Will it be possible to have two different schemas with identical name >>>>> (it should not, but may be the responsability can be let to the user to >>>>> keep it simple) ? >>>>> These are just questions to wonder before changing, but at the moment, I >>>>> can't see any drawback with a free attribute name on FeatureSchema as >>>>> proposed by Paul. >>>>> >>>>> Michaël >>>>> >>>>> Larry Becker a écrit : >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Paul, >>>>>> >>>>>> Just a few questions regarding the FeatureSchema Name, since I'm >>>>>> unable to come up with the use case myself. I can see that it is >>>>>> simpler to look at the Name than to compare all of the attributeNames >>>>>> individually, but I would hate to make that assumption and then find >>>>>> that the user has deleted an attribute I was depending on. Also, >>>>>> would the FeatureSchema Name be persisted in the Task (.jmp) file, and >>>>>> if so how does that affect compatibility? >>>>>> >>>>>> thanks, >>>>>> Larry Becker >>>>>> >>>>>> On 6/9/07, Stefan Steiniger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> hei Paul, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> mhm.. if you write the function (that also supports empty names) >>>>>>> this should be possible to include if Michael and Larry agree >>>>>>> >>>>>>> stefan >>>>>>> >>>>>>> btw. although you are following specific interests, and changes to the >>>>>>> core need to be discussed it is open to you to join the jpp-team >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Paul Austin schrieb: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Martin, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> If the FeatureSchema class could be extended to have a name property, >>>>>>>> with a getName (and maybe a setName) with a default constructor and a >>>>>>>> constructor that takes the name as an argument then that would be >>>>>>>> great. >>>>>>>> As we have default constructor existing code won't break as the name is >>>>>>>> optional. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The advantage of having the name is that if you were doing some >>>>>>>> processing of features and don't have reference to the layer you can >>>>>>>> find out what type of feature it is and do different processing >>>>>>>> accordingly. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Paul >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Martin Davis wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> BTW, the idea of having hum-readable names for FeatureSchemas is a >>>>>>>>> nice >>>>>>>>> one. 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