[Geotools-devel] Re: [Geoserver-devel] Geoserver 2.0 (web app framework)

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

Rob Atkinson wrote:

>
> Its worth understanding the role that feature Types have across 
> different OGC specs - they are poorly integrated in the current round 
> of OGC specs but this may improve.
>
> image shows how common data base serves a common feature expressed 
> through several interfaces and operations: WFS, SLD and GetFeatureInfo
>
> So, following from this reality, as well as the fact that FeatureTypes 
> will increasingly be externally defined, IMHO the GeoTools 
> architecture needs refactoring to allow common configuration around 
> the FeatureTypes, not the database connections.
>
> Gabriel Roldan is doing some design work around these issues at the 
> moment, so if there is going to be some work done elsewhere can we try 
> to keep the activities in sync so we can schedule a single refactoring. 

Rob we are thinking along the same lines.

The big thing to keep in mind is the GeoAPI interfaces - that is the 
direction things are being pushed towards. You may also consider looking 
at the GeoTools Repository API which is organized around featureType 
(and the datastores are no longer visiable).

I have been too busy to do my comparitive FeatureType models (GML2 GML3 
GeoAPI Geotools 2.0 Geotools2.1) which I understood I needed before 
engaging the community in a discussion of what we wanted Geotools2.2 
interfaces to look like.

Jody