re-using raster CLASS definitions

[Frank Warmerdam]

Jeff de La Beaujardiere wrote:
> Is there a way to re-use raster class definitions in a mapfile? I have 
> several shapefiles with a large number of polygon types mapped to 
> different colors. The same types appear in all the files. At present I 
> duplicate all the CLASS entries in each LAYER, but I would like to 
> shorten the mapfile by collecting them somewhere. All the layers are in 
> the same GROUP, if that helps.

Jeff,

There is no mechanism for doing this in MapServer.  However, some people
using a preprocessor (like the C preprocessor) to generate mapfiles from
an input file in order to use #include and #ifdef type directives.

Best regards,
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