I'd expect the icon to be a polygon for a polgyons, line for line,  
etc...  Would you expect a generic "shapefile" icon?

Jesse

Le 7-Feb-08 à 1:35 PM, Justin Deoliveira a écrit :

> Jody Garnett wrote:
>> Justin Deoliveira wrote:
>>> I am still not getting the point of icon. Would it be some well  
>>> known icon that we copy into the shapefile module? And just return  
>>> it as need be? What if an app wants to use another icon? Does not  
>>> seem to fit.
>> From the point of view of making presentable user interfaces Title  
>> and Icon are the basics for showing the user what is there.
> I understand that... but i am just struggling to figure out how the  
> ShapefielDataStore can figure out which icon to return based only on  
> information present in a shapefile. Can you answer my question. Is  
> the intent to come up with a well defined icon for it, throw it in  
> teh shapefile module, and return it?
>
>>> Also, a crazy idea (actually it was Chris's idea). Why not just  
>>> make this a map or something and call it a day. That way formats  
>>> can set the information they have, ignoring non-relevant stuff.
>> That is a good idea - thanks Chris. I would still like to document  
>> the keys; so we don't end up with a magic strings API like gdal  
>> has...
>> I will think for a bit and we can take this on after the current  
>> DataStore storm has died down.
> Cool, done. Make it a map and only have parameters set which can  
> logically be set. Its simple, logical, and we dont have to add any  
> new interfaces. I like it. Go Chris Holmes.
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