I think we could do this using the ability to have an atttribute with a datatype of Object. We could design an object that basically wraps an integer and only allows its value to be modified with some type of override method. I bet there is something like this in Apache's Jakarta Commons, and it probably comes with a Generator class that produces sequential IDs. I'll check it out.
Thanks for the comments. The Sunburned Surveyor On Nov 16, 2007 7:46 AM, Andreas Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sunburned Surveyor wrote: > > Hi, > > > Andreas wrote: "But I cannot really see > > the point in trying to find a common name for an ID field, as that usually > > depends strongly on your use case" > > > > I didn't want a situation where a Feature Schema needs to have a > > persistent ID attribute for my schema and another persistent ID for > > another plug-in. I thought if we could come up with a fairly standard > > persistent ID attribute name and datatype that other plug-ins could > > use it as well. > > I can see the benefit of an AttributeType for IDs, preferably one that cannot > be > altered (or make it optional to enable modifications) by the user. > > > Best regards, Andreas > -- > l a t / l o n GmbH > Aennchenstrasse 19 53177 Bonn, Germany > phone ++49 +228 18496-11 fax ++49 +228 1849629 > http://www.lat-lon.de http://www.deegree.org > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFHPbs7737OVr+Ru7oRAgrEAKDPHsb/tf5xVoiMGRIo3qYeqqz62gCfQKRr > Igkvl1nlMgj2Fj4w8NJ19rQ= > =jRZM > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
