That would be a welcome improvement :) Have you read our contribution policy, did you have any questions?
On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 12:45 PM Burkhard Strauss <servi...@strauss.eng.br> wrote: > Some providers of ESRI Shapefile data provide an additional *.cpg-file > containing the character set name for string-fields in the *.dbf-file. > One such provider is HERE/NavStreets street map data. > > Currently the API-user has to specify a Charset to the > ShapefileDataStoreFactory to ensure properly read string values. The > application has to ask the application-user to look up the Charset in > the *.cpg-file and copy or type the name. That's rather awkward. > > I prepared a solution which adds 15 lines to ShapefileDataStoreFactory > plus a unit-test and test-data. If a file named <my_shapefile>.cpg is > present beside <my_shapefile>.dbf and the other files, and the Charset > can be determined from the file without error, a possibly present > factory parameter is ignored and overridden by the Charset found in the > file. > > What do you think? > > Regards > Burkhard > > > _______________________________________________ > GeoTools-Devel mailing list > GeoTools-Devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel >
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