[Geotools-devel] [Java-collab] Re: GeoTools moving forward

[Jody Garnett]

Justin - Martin and I looked at using a Maven plugin to slurp up just 
the geoapi interfaces that are needed. This was last talked about with 
respect to making Landon a "standalone" referencing module for JTS objects.

Now if someone can drum up time or money (or interest) I am still 
waiting to see how that experiment goes.
Jody

Justin Deoliveira wrote:
> I would prefer not if all this will be is another layer of abstraction 
> on top of geoapi. In my opinion things are already as abstract enough 
> and it makes it hard to follow. Now I will fully admit when it comes to 
> referencing systems i am a layman to be sure, but I understand the 
> basics, so I don't think it is unreasonable to ask for a library/api 
> that i can use that is *simple* and keeps abstractions to a minimum.
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> I also think that perhaps depending on geoapi is a bit of an issue since 
> its a large number of interfaces, many of which have nothing to do with 
> referencing.
>
> A question for Martin: Are there any plans to make GeoAPI more modular 
> in nature, so that people can pick and choose from parts of the 
> interfaces they wish to use?
>
> -Justin
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> Martin Desruisseaux wrote:
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>> Sunburned Surveyor a écrit :
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>>> If we have some consensus that this is a good idea could we move
>>> forward with a GeoTools module to contain the interface?
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>> I'm neutral on this one. From a GeoTools point of view, it would be nothing more
>> than a convenience class delegating to a few GeoAPI calls. It is not even
>> GeoTools-specific; the same convenience class would work with any GeoAPI
>> implementations and could live totally outside the GeoTools project, as people wish.
>>
>> 	Martin
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