Jody and Justin, I am having trouble understanding the use of GeoAPI 2.2 ComplexAttribute, particularly for complex types with simple content. As I noted earlier, GML3 on trunk binds every ComplexAttribute, including CodeType, to Collection. I now suspect that my problems are in GeoAPI 2.2 (or my understanding of it), not just in the GeoTools GML3 implementation.
Here is a concrete example. gml:name is a gml:CodeType, which is an xs:complexType with xs:simpleContent that extends xs:string and adds a codeSpace attribute. For example: <gml:name codeSpace="urn:x-something:whatever">SCOPED_IDENTIFIER</name> In the old GeoTools 2.4.x community-schemas feature model (fm), based on geoapi-nogenerics 2.1.0, ComplexAttributeImpl had a value (any Object) which would have in this case been the string "SCOPED_IDENTIFIER", and the codeSpace was smuggled in a user-data map and unpacked at encoding time by some horrible binding override. In GeoAPI 2.2, ComplexAttribute has a value that is a Collection<Property>. The codeSpace could be a Property in this collection, but where should the content string "SCOPED_IDENTIFIER" go? Or am I barking up the wrong tree? Does GeoAPI 2.2 support xs:complexType with xs:simpleContent? How would you model my gml:name example in GeoAPI 2.2? In a nutshell, the problem appears to be that XML allows a node to have content and attributes/children, while GeoAPI 2.2 allows only attributes/children (properties). As an aside, do you have any examples showing how XML documents should be converted into GeoAPI 2.2? There are some minimal snippets in the javadoc, but these cover few cases. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Software Engineer, CSIRO Exploration and Mining Australian Resources Research Centre 26 Dick Perry Ave, Kensington WA 6151, Australia ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
