[Geotools-gt2-users] How do I get a list of available layers for a WFS service

[Gabriella T. <Gab...@ni...>]

Hi all, I am sending this again as I did not get any replies before Xmas.
I am trying to implement a WFS service client in our app, but I can’t figure out how to get a list of available layers from the initial getCapabilities request.
Something akin to what one can do for WMS:

WebMapServer wms = null;

try {

wms = new WebMapServer(url);

WMSCapabilities capabilities = wms.getCapabilities();

Layer[] layers = WMSUtils.getNamedLayers(capabilities);

if (layers == null || layers.length == 0) {

return "the server does not provide any layers.";

}

} catch (Exception e) {}