Something like this, rather than having to do all the class.getMethod stuff
String name = PropertyUtils.getProperty(featureSchema, "name"); Paul Martin Davis wrote: > Not sure what you mean - you mean retrieve an attribute from a Feature > by name? If so, yup. Otherwise, it has whatever java reflection provides. > > Paul Austin wrote: > >> Martin, >> >> Does JUMP currently have any introspection code to get a property from >> an object by a name, something like commons-beanutils. If it does I can >> use introspection to see if the FeatureSchema has a "name" property if >> it does use that rather than requiring it on the FeatureSchema class. >> >> BTW I think that FeatureSchema should be an interface not a class. >> >> Paul >> >> Martin Davis wrote: >> >> >>> Good questions, Michael, especially the one about having different >>> schemas with the same name. I suspect Paul's code would work fine in >>> this case, but it is an important philosophical point which should be >>> thought out fully before going far down this road. >>> >>> Michaël Michaud wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi Paul and Larry, >>>> >>>> Just few questions I wonder about naming schemas : >>>> - What really needs to be named, FeatureSchema or FeatureCollection ? >>>> - Will it be possible to have two different names for identical schemas >>>> (it should) ? >>>> - Will it be possible to have two different schemas with identical name >>>> (it should not, but may be the responsability can be let to the user to >>>> keep it simple) ? >>>> These are just questions to wonder before changing, but at the moment, I >>>> can't see any drawback with a free attribute name on FeatureSchema as >>>> proposed by Paul. >>>> >>>> Michaël >>>> >>>> Larry Becker a écrit : >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi Paul, >>>>> >>>>> Just a few questions regarding the FeatureSchema Name, since I'm >>>>> unable to come up with the use case myself. I can see that it is >>>>> simpler to look at the Name than to compare all of the attributeNames >>>>> individually, but I would hate to make that assumption and then find >>>>> that the user has deleted an attribute I was depending on. Also, >>>>> would the FeatureSchema Name be persisted in the Task (.jmp) file, and >>>>> if so how does that affect compatibility? >>>>> >>>>> thanks, >>>>> Larry Becker >>>>> >>>>> On 6/9/07, Stefan Steiniger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> hei Paul, >>>>>> >>>>>> mhm.. if you write the function (that also supports empty names) >>>>>> this should be possible to include if Michael and Larry agree >>>>>> >>>>>> stefan >>>>>> >>>>>> btw. although you are following specific interests, and changes to the >>>>>> core need to be discussed it is open to you to join the jpp-team >>>>>> >>>>>> Paul Austin schrieb: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Martin, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If the FeatureSchema class could be extended to have a name property, >>>>>>> with a getName (and maybe a setName) with a default constructor and a >>>>>>> constructor that takes the name as an argument then that would be great. >>>>>>> As we have default constructor existing code won't break as the name is >>>>>>> optional. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The advantage of having the name is that if you were doing some >>>>>>> processing of features and don't have reference to the layer you can >>>>>>> find out what type of feature it is and do different processing >>>>>>> accordingly. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Paul >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Martin Davis wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> BTW, the idea of having hum-readable names for FeatureSchemas is a nice >>>>>>>> one. 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