Re: [Geotools-devel] FeatureCollection.getFeatureType() vs FeatureCollection.getSchema()

[Justin D. <jde...@op...>]

Hi Saul,

I agree that the current feature collection model is a bit confusing.
But you seem to have it right. getFeatureType() is the type of the
feature collection itself, because a FeatureCollection is an extension
of Feature. And getSchema() is the feature type of the "members" of the
feature collection.

Currently most of our implementations dont really utilize the fact that
feature collections are features and can have attributes themselves. But
an example would be say a wfs feature collection, which if modeled would
have a "bounds" property, a "featureMembers" property, etc...

-Justin

Farber, Saul (ENV) wrote:
> Hey all,
>  
> I just ran into a problem which I eventually solved by relying on FeatureCollection.getSchema() vs .getFeatureType().
>  
> I read the javadocs on the two methods here:
> http://udig.refractions.net/docs/api-geotools/ <http://udig.refractions.net/docs/api-geotools/> 
>  
> However I'm still pretty confused about what, exactly, the difference is, or is supposed to be.
>  
> getFeatureType() is supposed to describe the actual featurecollection itself, while getSchema is supposed to describe the schema of the constituent features?  What different kinds of FeatureCollections are there, that they would need to be described by getFeatureType()?
>  
> Just curious!
> --saul
> 
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Justin Deoliveira
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