On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Ottofaro, Jack <jack.ottof...@lmco.com> wrote: > Thank you so much for helping me start to understand the big picture! > > Assuming the proper GeoServer configuration, once I extend GeoServer with my > custom DataStore does it get indirectly accessed through a WFS call? In > other words, my custom DataStore would be implemented to call a web service > to retrieve some data intended to be accessible through GeoServer WFS. Does > the WFS call itself then invoke the web service call - that is, how do the > two fit together? > Thanks.
GeoServer finds the stores using a plugin system, the SPI, Service Provider Interface. Once located they are supported through the GUI, you can add them and add the feature types in them as new layers which will be available as WMS and WFS. Any time a GetMap or GetFeature request comes in GeoServer will query your datastore, which internally will do whatever it needs to retrieve data: in you case calling web services Cheers Andrea ----------------------------------------------------- Ing. Andrea Aime Senior Software Engineer GeoSolutions S.A.S. Via Poggio alle Viti 1187 55054 Massarosa (LU) Italy phone: +39 0584962313 fax: +39 0584962313 http://www.geo-solutions.it http://geo-solutions.blogspot.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/andreaaime http://twitter.com/geowolf ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb _______________________________________________ Geoserver-users mailing list Geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users
