Mapscript (Perl) question

[Stephen Lime]

Correct. At present a map object has to be initialized using a map file. However,
I'll eventually allow for the creation of an "empty" map object that you could build
upon.

You'll see the use of constructors throughout mapscript. I deceided to go with a
object oriented interface for a number of reasons- it's real clean and scripts written
in other languages will look very similar.

Steve

Stephen Lime
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>>> "Brent Fraser" <bfraser at geoanalytic.com> 12/20/99 08:58AM >>>
Paul,

  It creates a "map object" with properties set
according to the values in your already-existing
"filename.map".  These properties are then
available to the rest of your Perl script.

Brent
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul G. Allen" <pgallen at randomlogic.com>
To: "MapServer Users List" <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 7:27 AM
Subject: Mapscript (Perl) question


> I'm still a bit new to Perl, so please bear with me.
>
> I'm a little confused about 'new'. When a line such as:
>
> $map = new mapObj("<filename.map>");
>
> Is this creating a new file named <filename.map> or does the file already
exist
> and it simple allows the use of this file in the script?
>
> PGA