So we are definately ending up with a GeometryCollection. The goal is to 
convert GML into a shapefile. How do I keep the GML from loading the 
geometry as a GeometryCollection? Am I going to have to reformat the GML 
before reading it?

Segment of the gml:
8     <gml:featureMember> 
9       <ms:coreexport> 
10         <gml:boundedBy> 
11          <gml:Box srsName="EPSG:4326"> 
12             <gml:coordinates>-61.133333,77.166667 
-61.133333,77.166667</gml:coordinates> 
13          </gml:Box> 
14         </gml:boundedBy> 
15         <ms:msGeometry> 
16 
17         <gml:MultiGeometry> 
18 
19         <gml:geometryMember><gml:Point srsName="EPSG:4326"> 
20           <gml:coordinates>-61.133333,77.166667</gml:coordinates> 
21         
</gml:Point></gml:geometryMember></gml:MultiGeometry></ms:msGeometry> 
22         <ms:OGR_FID>8</ms:OGR_FID> 
23         <ms:TUBESININVENTORY>142</ms:TUBESININVENTORY> 
24         <ms:BOTTOMOFCOREM>237.95</ms:BOTTOMOFCOREM> 
25         <ms:COREDIAMETERCM>12.4</ms:COREDIAMETERCM> 
26         <ms:COREID>CC 62</ms:COREID> 
27         <ms:CORENAME>CAMP CENTURY</ms:CORENAME> 
28         <ms:DATEMODIFIED>8/18/2006</ms:DATEMODIFIED> 
29         <ms:DRILLFLUID>diesel/ trichloroethylene</ms:DRILLFLUID> 
30         <ms:DRILLERS>USA CRREL</ms:DRILLERS> 
31         <ms:LATITUDE>77.16666667</ms:LATITUDE> 
32         <ms:LOCATION>Greenland</ms:LOCATION> 
33         <ms:LONGITUDE>-61.13333333</ms:LONGITUDE> 
34         <ms:METHOD>Thermal</ms:METHOD> 
35         <ms:NOTES>MARKED FOR DEACCESSION</ms:NOTES> 
36         <ms:NUMBEROFSAMPLES /> 
37         <ms:ORIGINALPI>Chester Langway</ms:ORIGINALPI> 
38         <ms:SITEELEVATIONM>1885</ms:SITEELEVATIONM> 
39         <ms:TOPOFCOREM>10.53</ms:TOPOFCOREM> 
40         <ms:TUBEDIAMETER>5.5</ms:TUBEDIAMETER> 
41         <ms:TUBESDRILLED>1.5</ms:TUBESDRILLED> 
42         <ms:UNIVERSITYORAFFILIATE>161</ms:UNIVERSITYORAFFILIATE> 
43         <ms:YEARSDRILLED>CRREL</ms:YEARSDRILLED> 
44       </ms:coreexport> 
45     </gml:featureMember>


Thanks,
Yolan


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On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Jesse Eichar wrote:

> Looking at the exception (as I should have done better the first
> time).  It looks like the Geometry is a GeometryCollection or
> something like that.  The valid types are:  Polygon, MultiPolygon,
> Point, MultiPoint, Line and MultiLine.
>
> Make sure that the objects you are inserting are all of the same type
> and are one of those choices.
>
>
> Jesse
> On 24-Aug-06, at 1:34 PM, Aaron Jackson wrote:
>
>> I'm pretty sure the features in the FeatureCollection are all the
>> same type as those in the FeatureStore. The features being added
>> are created from the following function:
>>
>> ------- BEGIN CODE --------
>>     public Feature CreateFeatureInstance(Element rootElement,
>>             FeatureType featureType)
>>             throws ConversionException {
>>         Feature      featureInstance;
>>         ArrayList    attributesOfRoot = new ArrayList();
>>         ArrayList    attributesNeeded = new ArrayList();
>>         List         children         = rootElement.getChildren();
>>         ListIterator attributeIterator;
>>         Object[]     attributesObject;
>>
>>         if (children.size() > 0)    // check to see that it's not
>> empty
>>         {
>>
>>             // get the attributes needed in a vector format
>>             for (int i = 0; i < featureType.getAttributeCount(); i+
>> +) {
>>                 attributesNeeded.add(featureType.getAttributeType(i));
>>             }
>>
>>             try {
>>                 attributesOfRoot = GetAttributes((Element)
>> children.get(0),
>>
>> attributesNeeded);    // should only be one, so this is OK
>>             } catch (Exception e) {
>>                 throw new ConversionException(e.getMessage());
>>             }
>>
>>             // Throw an exception we come up empty on attributes
>>             if (attributesOfRoot.size() < 1) {
>>                 throw new ConversionException(
>>                     "Feature instance creation error: no "
>>                     + featureType.getTypeName() + " found");
>>             }
>>
>>             // If there's some attributes left, fill it in with blanks
>>             attributeIterator = attributesNeeded.listIterator();
>>
>>             while (attributeIterator.hasNext()) {
>>                 attributeIterator.next();
>>                 attributesOfRoot.add("");
>>             }
>>
>>             // load up the Object[] for creationg of a feature
>> instance
>>             attributesObject = (Object[]) attributesOfRoot.toArray();
>>
>>             try {
>>                 featureInstance = featureType.create
>> (attributesObject);
>>             } catch (IllegalAttributeException iae) {
>>                 throw new ConversionException(
>>                     "Feature instance creation error: " +
>> iae.getMessage());
>>             }
>>
>>             return featureInstance;
>>         } else {
>>             throw new ConversionException(
>>                 "Element passed is empty! Feature instance creation
>> failed...");
>>         }
>>     }
>> ------- END CODE -------
>>
>> The data store is created using the same featureType object (as
>> seen below).
>> dataStore = new ShapefileDataStore(anURL);
>>             dataStore.createSchema(finalFeatureType);
>>             featureStore = (FeatureStore) dataStore.getFeatureSource(
>>                 finalFeatureType.getTypeName());
>>
>> Yolan
>>
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>>
>> On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Jesse Eichar wrote:
>>
>>> The features in the Geometry collection have to be the same type as
>>> the features in the FeatureStore.
>>>
>>> Jesse
>>>
>>> On 24-Aug-06, at 9:53 AM, Aaron Jackson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, I'm trying to add features from a FeatureCollection to a
>>>> FeatureStore.
>>>> When I do the add, I get the following exception:
>>>>
>>>> org.geotools.data.shapefile.shp.ShapefileException: Cannot handle
>>>> geometry type : com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.GeometryCollection
>>>>          at
>>>> org.geotools.data.shapefile.shp.JTSUtilities.getShapeType
>>>> (JTSUtilities.java:332)
>>>>          at org.geotools.data.shapefile.ShapefileDataStore
>>>> $Writer.write(ShapefileDataStore.java:1514)
>>>>          ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> Yolan
>>>>
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