[Geotools-devel] SimpleFeatureTypeBuilder Q&A ... and a request

[Jody G. <jga...@re...>]

Hi Justin;

I was able to answer some of Saul's questions today ... most of it came 
down to this great page:
- http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/Feature+Model+Preparation 
<http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/Feature+Model+Preparation>

Do we have a Jira issue for this work? It would be nice to put it as 
*the* blocker for 2.4.0 release :-D
>     <sfarber>    here's good.
>     <sfarber>    Real quick question.
>     <sfarber>    FeatureTypeBuilder.getFeatureType() return an 
> org.geotools.feature.FeatureType, not an 
> org.opengis.feature.xxx.FeatureType
>     <sfarber>    Is the change from geotoos features to opengis 
> features the 'new feature model' that everyone's been talking about 
> for so lonG?
>
>     <jgarnett>    yes!
>
>     <sfarber>    Are there any preliminary classes in-place to support 
> this, or should I just code using FeatureTypeBuilder and deal with the 
> change when it comes?
>
>     <jgarnett>    thinking
>     <jgarnett>    wish justin was here
>     <jgarnett>    Justin made a FeatureTypeBuilder class
>     <jgarnett>    and if you use it
>     <jgarnett>    when the change over to the new model comes
>     <jgarnett>    you won't have to change any of your code (only imports)
>
>     <sfarber>    Sweet. I'll be sure to stick with FeatureTypeBuilder 
> then.
>
>     <jgarnett>    changing the existing codebase to use this class is the
>     <jgarnett>    work of GeoTools 2.4
>     <jgarnett>    the work we keep asking gabriel to include in his 
> timeline estimates.
>     <jgarnett>    saul
>     <jgarnett>    I am not sure it *is* FeatureTypeBuilder*
>     <jgarnett>    it may be like AttributeTypeBuilder or something ... :-(
>     <jgarnett>    hense I wish justin was here.
>     <jgarnett>    going to look on the wiki for you now
>     <jgarnett>    
> http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/Community+Schema+Road+Map
>
>     <sfarber>    Ok, that's cool. I have to head out right now anyway, 
> so I'll send justin an email with this question and by the time I get 
> back tomorrow I'm sure he'll be back with me. I'll also check the wiki 
> link you just gave.
>
>     <jgarnett>    
> http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/Feature+Model+Preparation
>     <jgarnett>    let's ready the *before* and *after*
>     <jgarnett>    yeah!
>     <jgarnett>    SimpleTypeBuilder
>     <jgarnett>    and SimpleFeatureBuilder
>
>     <sfarber>    Aha. great link. I'll keep poking and see what's up. 
> One preliminary problem is that the "getSimpleFeatureFactory()" method 
> doesn't exist on CommonFactoryFinder yet. But I'll take this up tomorrow.
>     <sfarber>    thanks so much Jody!