INCLUDE capability added...

[Fernando Simon]

Hi all,
    It's a very good improvement  for Mapfiles, but I have just a little 
questions.
    The "INCLUDE" will just accept full objects (layers, symbols, 
legend) or can I use to append definitions, like:
LAYER
        TYPE POINT
        STATUS DEFAULT
        INCLUDE "features_layer.lyr"
        INCLUDE "class_layer.cls"   
END

     The "features_layer.lyr" is:
FEATURE
    POINTS 10 10 40 20 300 300 400 10 10 400 END
END

     And "class_layer.cls", is:
CLASS
    NAME 'Church'
    COLOR 0 0 0
    SYMBOL 'square'
    SIZE 7
    STYLE
        SYMBOL "square"
        SIZE 5
        COLOR 255 255 255
    END
    STYLE
        SYMBOL "square"
        SIZE 3
        COLOR 0 0 255
    END
END

    Another question, can I use and include with another include inside?
    Best regards.

Fernando Simon



Daniel Morissette wrote:
> Cool!
>
> This may not warrant a RFC, but could you please at least create a bug 
> report to document the enhancement, when it was added, what the 
> implications and limitations are, etc. (basically what you wrote in 
> your email).
>
> Sorry to be a pain about this, but it's always easier to point users 
> to bug reports or RFCs in release notes than having to tell them to 
> dig through the list archives to find the information (that's assuming 
> they are registered and able to reach the list archives).
>
> Daniel
>
> Steve Lime wrote:
>> Hi all: I sat down and actually read the Flex manual last night and 
>> discovered a simple ability to support INCLUDEd files. It's 
>> implemented within the lexer so doesn't impact any of the C source. 
>> Only a basic implementation is in place but it seems to work nicely, 
>> so now you can do stuff like:
>>
>> MAP
>>   NAME 'include'
>>   EXTENT 0 0 500 500
>>   SIZE 250 250
>>     INCLUDE "test_include_symbols.map"
>>   INCLUDE "test_include_layer.map"
>> END
>>
>> where test_include_symbols.map contains:
>>
>>   SYMBOL
>>     NAME 'square'
>>     TYPE VECTOR
>>     FILLED TRUE
>>     POINTS 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 END
>>   END
>>
>> and test_include_layer.map contains:
>>
>>   LAYER
>>     TYPE POINT
>>     STATUS DEFAULT
>>     FEATURE
>>       POINTS 10 10 40 20 300 300 400 10 10 400 END
>>     END
>>     CLASS
>>       NAME 'Church'
>>       COLOR 0 0 0
>>       SYMBOL 'square'
>>       SIZE 7
>>       STYLE
>>         SYMBOL "square"
>>         SIZE 5
>>         COLOR 255 255 255
>>       END
>>       STYLE
>>         SYMBOL "square"
>>         SIZE 3
>>         COLOR 0 0 255
>>       END
>>     END
>>   END
>>
>> I think this could be extended to non-filebased sources but this'll 
>> do for now. Some caveats:
>>
>>   - the filename must be double qouted for the moment
>>   - I'm sure there will be some pathing issues
>>   - I'm not sure everything (especially file handles) is being 
>> cleaned up properly yet
>>   - includes are never written when the mapObj is written to disk (I 
>> don't think it's necessary or even possible to do so)
>>
>> Anyway, it was simple to add and will be simple to back out if 
>> necessary. Figured it was worth testing since it is backwards 
>> compatible.
>>
>> Steve
>>
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