[Geoprisma-dev] XMLMapContextConfig prototype driver

[Alexandre Dube]

Hi Steve,

  If I understand your question well, you want to know if a vector layer 
object would be automatically created (and added to the map) if you only 
have a 'featureserver' datastore in the Resource ?

  I would say : if it doesn't have a widget that use it then 'no', else 
'yes' (that fits the current default behavior).

  The issue here is that the resource wouldn't be added to the map at 
all and I guess that you would want to have at least a layer to be added 
to the map even if it would be a 'vector' one with no widget that would 
interact with it, is that so ?  If so, I guess it would be okay to add 
it to the map too anyway as a default behavior.

  So it's a choice.  Since it's only a 'default' behavior, either are 
fine by me.  What do you think ?

Kind regards and ho ho hope it helps,

Alexandre

Stephen Woodbridge wrote:
> Alexandre,
>
> Wow, you have put a lot of work and thought into this proposal. Looks 
> really great.
>
> I have one question about your [1] note. If I have a vector only layer 
> in featureserver and no wms services for it, will it get configured or 
> would/could I need to take explicit action to have it configured 
> appropriately? I guess to some extent you could just say you have to 
> have a WMS service for each featureserver service, but this seems like 
> an arbitrary constraint especially if I don't own the featureserver or 
> proxy request off to another server.
>
> Just food for thought. Very nice proposal and a lot of ideas and 
> information to digest.
>
> Merry Christmas to all,
>   -Steve
>

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Alexandre Dubé
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