Mapscript API: for object manipulation, not object creation?

[Rick Innis]

> I have done a lot of work since version 4.2 to make sure that it
> does support programatic creation of map elements. I'm testing it
> rigorously with Python, but not with Java.

I'll be giving a good workout in the next wee while, I'm sure :-)

> Right. There may be a bug in the one argument forms of classObj and
> layerObj constructors that does not properly transfer ownership of
> the object to its parent.

However, the zero-arg constructors are protected. Is that a bug?

     --Rick.