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. > > Jody > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Geotools-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel > > !DSPAM:4007,47ab6d3939071637810514! > -- Justin Deoliveira The Open Planning Project [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
