Re: [Geotools-devel] Map of Hints

[Martin D. <mar...@no...>]

Jody Garnett a =E9crit :
> Remember the design problem I am trying to solve - control of=20
> factories.  I a proposing we use this hint idea to control how factorie=
s=20
> collaborate.  So to answer your question *any* and *all* code that uses=
=20
> a Factory would use Hints.

Sound fine. Maybe there is some exception for classes that expect the=20
factories right as constructor arguments. They are classes that work=20
closely with factories anyway (e.g. WKT parser).

However, the hints would be used by the classes that uses FactoryFinder,=20
not by FactoryFinder itself. Do I'm understanding right?


>> A small set of Hints on top of RenderingHints.Key (for GridCoverage=20
>> usage) already exists there:
>>
>>     org.geotools.coverage.grid.Hints
>>
>> Some of those hints are used for J2D-Renderer too, so a better package=
=20
>> location may be appropriate.
>=20
>=20
> See above this is probably worth a class in the root org.geotools packa=
ge.


If peoples agree, I could move Hints to some other package (actually=20
merge J2D-Renderer and GridCoverage Hints) and lets peoples extends it=20
with more hints.

	Martin.