Roger that. Landon
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Jody Garnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sunburned Surveyor wrote: >> >> But I had a quick question about the interface, now that I understand >> the difference between PropertyType and PropertyDescriptor a little >> bit better. >> >> Is there a reason why the methods that return instances of >> AttributeDescriptor are not named something like >> "getAttributeDescriptor" instead of "getAttribute". > > I think the idea is that "getAttribute" is shorter to type. >> >> The currently naming seems a little confusing, since GeoTools really >> doesn't have >> the concept of a single class that encapsulates an Attribute. >> > > Move up a level and you will find a single class that represents a Property; > a property can be an Attribute (ie containment) or Association (ie > reference). For SimpleFeature we are limiting ourself to containment; > because that is "simple" :-) > > 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
