Justin - Martin and I looked at using a Maven plugin to slurp up just the geoapi interfaces that are needed. This was last talked about with respect to making Landon a "standalone" referencing module for JTS objects.
Now if someone can drum up time or money (or interest) I am still waiting to see how that experiment goes. Jody Justin Deoliveira wrote: > I would prefer not if all this will be is another layer of abstraction > on top of geoapi. In my opinion things are already as abstract enough > and it makes it hard to follow. Now I will fully admit when it comes to > referencing systems i am a layman to be sure, but I understand the > basics, so I don't think it is unreasonable to ask for a library/api > that i can use that is *simple* and keeps abstractions to a minimum. > > I also think that perhaps depending on geoapi is a bit of an issue since > its a large number of interfaces, many of which have nothing to do with > referencing. > > A question for Martin: Are there any plans to make GeoAPI more modular > in nature, so that people can pick and choose from parts of the > interfaces they wish to use? > > -Justin > > Martin Desruisseaux wrote: > >> Sunburned Surveyor a écrit : >> >>> If we have some consensus that this is a good idea could we move >>> forward with a GeoTools module to contain the interface? >>> >> I'm neutral on this one. From a GeoTools point of view, it would be nothing >> more >> than a convenience class delegating to a few GeoAPI calls. It is not even >> GeoTools-specific; the same convenience class would work with any GeoAPI >> implementations and could live totally outside the GeoTools project, as >> people wish. >> >> Martin >> _______________________________________________ >> Java-collab mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/java-collab >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
