change in WFS DescribeFeatureType response (MS 4.6)

[Bart van den Eijnden]

Hi list,

probably a question for Steve L., in Mapserver 4.4 the WFS 
DescribeFeatureType response returned the geometry type of the typename, 
so eg gml:polygonProperty. Mapserver 4.6 always returns the more 
abstract gml:GeometryPropertyType.

What is the reasoning behind this?

There is some client functionality dependent on the geometry type, e.g. 
for styling a WMS layer using SLD. If you know the geometry type, you 
can determine which type of symbolizer you need.

Mapserver 4.6:

[...]
<complexContent>
  <extension base="gml:AbstractFeatureType">
    <sequence>
      <element name="msGeometry" type="gml:GeometryPropertyType" minOccurs="0"
maxOccurs="1"/>
[...]


Mapserver 4.4:

[...]
<complexContent>
  <extension base="gml:AbstractFeatureType">
    <sequence>
      <element ref="gml:polygonProperty" minOccurs="0"/>
[...]


Best regards,
Bart