[gdal-dev] OGR Feature style API changes: StyleTable on datasources and layers

[Chaitanya kumar CH]

Brian,

I cannot say much about the style tables. But, I would like to know about
the constants for the TestCapability() methods.

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 9:09 PM, brian <rush at winkey.org> wrote:

>
>
> I have two issues with the datasource and layer methods to get and set
> style tables.
>
> 1) The GetStyleTable(), SetStyleTableDirectly(), and SetStyletable()
> methods are not virtual therefore only the memory driver can use them.
>
> 2) The SetStyleTableDirectly() and SetStyletable() methods both return
> void. it is plausable that a datasource or layer could not support them.
>
> The API changes i am proposing are.
>
> 1) make the GetStyleTable(), SetStyleTableDirectly(), and
> SetStyletable() methods virtual.
>
> 2) make the SetStyleTableDirectly() and SetStyletable() methods return
> OGRErr.
>
> If a layer or datasource does not have a style table the GetStyleTable()
> method would already return NULL.
>
> I am also wondering if it makes any sence to add a couple of constants
> for the TestCapability() methods.
>
> Any feedback would be appreciated.
>
> Brian
>
>
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