[OpenLayers-Users] How Do I Access Lines in a WFS layer via JavaScript?

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 07:35:33AM -0600, Bill Thoen wrote:
> Never mind... I figured it out. Apparently the geometries DO get loaded 
> into a WFS layer's features array, but they are loaded asynchronously, 
> so if you check for features too soon after setting the layer on the map 
> you won't find any features.
> 
> Now if there is an event that can detect when the features are loaded 
> and then call my function to cycle through them that would make my day.

http://dev.openlayers.org/apidocs/files/OpenLayers/Layer-js.html#OpenLayers.Layer.EVENT_TYPES

"loadend: Triggered when layer loading ends."

> Bill Thoen wrote:
> > I've got a collection of lines in a WFS map layer, and I can access them 
> > interactively with a selection control, but I want to be able to step 
> > trough them one by one via JavaScript. I can't seem to find where the 
> > lines are stored.  The layer's features array is empty and so is the 
> > markers, yet I can see and select the lines from this layer. I just 
> > can't find them in the layer object. Are they stored in some other 
> > object? How do I get one of these lines into a variable so I can work 
> > with it?
> >
> >   
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