[OpenLayers-Dev] questions about map.setOptions ...

[Paul Spencer]

http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/1206 proposes a patch which fixes a  
problem with map.setOptions where calling it directly set tileSize,  
maxExtent, and theme to default values regardless of existing values.   
I think the patch is fine, but it has raised some questions in my mind  
about the use of setOptions.

To me, if I am calling setOptions, I am expecting those options to  
have some kind of effect.  I am not convinced that this function will  
do what I expect.  In particular,

theme: the only place this.theme is processed is in the initialize  
function.  Calling setOption on the map with a new theme won't do  
anything.

tileSize: this is the default tile size used by layers that don't have  
their own tile size.  I didn't follow this through ... but it seems  
like a scary thing to change after layers have been created.

maxExtent: if you change the maxExtent at some later time after the  
map is initialized, should anything happen?  What happens if the map  
has been drawn at some extent that is not within the maxExtent?   
Should some redraw be triggered?

Paul

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|Paul Spencer                          pspencer at dmsolutions.ca    |
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