<P>One final thing before I sleep.  The following query (typed directly into the browser) returns the layer's features:</P>

<PRE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
http://localhost:8081/geoserver/wfs?service=wfs&version=1.1.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=MyMap:MyLayer
</BLOCKQUOTE>
</PRE>

<P>Executing the query above returns the following:</P>

<PRE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
&lt;wfs:FeatureCollection numberOfFeatures="22" timeStamp="2011-05-23T23:26:16.950-04:00" xsi:schemaLocation="http://localhost:8081/MyMap http://localhost:8081/geoserver/wfs?service=WFS&version=1.1.0&request=DescribeFeatureType&typeName=MyMap%3AMyLayer http://www.opengis.net/wfs http://localhost:8081/geoserver/schemas/wfs/1.1.0/wfs.xsd"&gt;
   &lt;gml:featureMembers&gt;
      &lt;MyMap:MyLayer gml:id="MyLayer.1"&gt;
         &lt;MyMap:the_geom&gt;
            &lt;gml:MultiSurface srsDimension="2" srsName="urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:68156405"&gt;
               &lt;gml:surfaceMember&gt;
                  &lt;gml:Polygon&gt;
                     &lt;gml:exterior&gt;
                        &lt;gml:LinearRing&gt;
                           &lt;gml:posList&gt;3492.0015869140625 -3363.049072265625 2556.0007934570312 -3363.0496215820312 2566.0004272460938 -4540.960388183594 1848.4064331054688 -4534.499755859375 1848.4064331054688 -5648.319641113281 2556.0016479492188 -5648.319641113281 2556.0016479492188 -6855.0450439453125 3478.28564453125 -6845.04638671875 3492.0015869140625 -6846.075744628906 3503.0972900390625 -5607.562316894531 4951.1680908203125 -5596.262756347656 4938.001708984375 -4642.6566162109375 3512.1845703125 -4641.047546386719 3492.0015869140625 -3363.049072265625&lt;/gml:posList&gt;
                        &lt;/gml:LinearRing&gt;&lt;
                     /gml:exterior&gt;
                  &lt;/gml:Polygon&gt;
               &lt;/gml:surfaceMember&gt;
            &lt;/gml:MultiSurface&gt;
         &lt;/MyMap:the_geom&gt;
         &lt;MyMap:Id&gt;2&lt;/MyMap:Id&gt;
      &lt;/MyMap:MyLayer&gt;
   &lt;MyMap:MyLayer gml:id="MyLayer.2"&gt;
      &lt;MyMap:the_geom&gt;
         &lt;gml:MultiSurface srsDimension="2" srsName="urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:68156405"&gt;
            &lt;gml:surfaceMember&gt;
               &lt;gml:Polygon&gt;
                  &lt;gml:exterior&gt;
                     &lt;gml:LinearRing&gt;
                        &lt;gml:posList&gt;
                           3522.3305053710938 1036.248291015625 2586.3297119140625 1036.2476806640625 2596.3291015625 -141.6632080078125 1878.7352905273438 -135.20257568359375 1878.7352905273438 -1249.0225830078125 2586.330322265625 -1249.0225830078125 2586.330322265625 -2455.747802734375 3508.6143188476562 -2445.7493286132812 3522.3305053710938 -2446.7785034179688 3533.4263305664062 -1208.2650756835938 4981.4970703125 -1196.965576171875 4968.330505371094 -243.359375 3542.5133056640625 -241.75048828125 3522.3305053710938 1036.248291015625&lt;/gml:posList&gt;
                        &lt;/gml:LinearRing&gt;
                     &lt;/gml:exterior&gt;
                  &lt;/gml:Polygon&gt;
               &lt;/gml:surfaceMember&gt;
            &lt;/gml:MultiSurface&gt;
         &lt;/MyMap:the_geom&gt;
         &lt;MyMap:Id&gt;2&lt;/MyMap:Id&gt;
      &lt;/MyMap:MyLayer&gt;
   &lt;MyMap:MyLayer gml:id="MyLayer.3"&gt;
      &lt;MyMap:the_geom&gt;
         &lt;gml:MultiSurface srsDimension="2" srsName="urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:68156405"&gt;
            &lt;gml:surfaceMember&gt;
               &lt;gml:Polygon&gt;
                  &lt;gml:exterior&gt;
                     &lt;gml:LinearRing&gt;
                        &lt;gml:posList&gt;
                           -734.0172119140625 5564.245300292969 -2226.5150146484375 5537.9622802734375 -2226.0020751953125 4616.246276855469 -749.6724853515625 4581.516906738281 -749.6724853515625 3374.7916870117188 -557.3804931640625 3364.8572998046875 140.07470703125 3363.828125 151.17047119140625 4473.9202880859375 915.5023193359375 4485.219909667969 902.335693359375 5642.824890136719 168.80548095703125 5643.652526855469 149.22967529296875 6830.244079589844 -543.664306640625 6846.854919433594 -733.727294921875 6869.757080078125 -734.0172119140625 5564.245300292969&lt;/gml:posList&gt;
                        &lt;/gml:LinearRing&gt;
                     &lt;/gml:exterior&gt;
                  &lt;/gml:Polygon&gt;
               &lt;/gml:surfaceMember&gt;
            &lt;/gml:MultiSurface&gt;
         &lt;/MyMap:the_geom&gt;
         &lt;MyMap:Id&gt;2&lt;/MyMap:Id&gt;
      &lt;/MyMap:MyLayer&gt;
   &lt;/gml:featureMembers&gt;
&lt;/wfs:FeatureCollection&gt;
</BLOCKQUOTE>
</PRE>

<P>So, executing the query directly to the map server (i.e., GeoServer) works.  What is the equivalent "new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector" call and the corresponding "featureType" and "featureNS"?</P>

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