Re: [Geotools-gt2-users] Problem with getting fid for versioned-postgis

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

gershwinou wrote:
> Hi all, i was on geoserver list but i think this is more a geotools 
> question:
>
> I am using postgis-versioning datastore, and this ok for now.
Wow I think you are the first user! Did you let the module maintainer know?
> Issue:
> - I parse myself some incoming featured (from kml format) and thanks 
> to the last build of geoserver, the kml contains the fid, so I know 
> which features are to be updated.
> - I try to create features against the postgis schema. The problem is 
> that i can't set the fid (the method is protected). Is that a design 
> choice (from what i have read in the archive: yes)?
Usually FID is mapped to the primary key, it should be used to locate 
the right row for updating.
> - Somehow i have to subclass FeatureType i guess, but i have to say i 
> am lost at this point. Any pointer to helping me?
There are two methods FetaureType.create( values ) and 
FeatureType.create( fid, values ).
Jody