[OpenLayers-Dev] using custom renderer on Layer.Vector

[christopher.schmidt at nokia.com]

On Jun 10, 2010, at 6:15 AM, ext Bart van den Eijnden wrote:

> Yes I know that option exists, but in that case I need to put my custom Renderer in the OpenLayers namespace, which is not what I want.

Heh. Apparently I was just too asleep. To answer this concern: I think
*this* is the bug, and should be fixed :)

-- Chris 

> Best regards,
> Bart
> 
> On Jun 10, 2010, at 9:57 AM, Slawomir Messner wrote:
> 
>> Ok, the last mail was maybe a little short. We do it like this:
>> renderers: ["REDESVG", "SVG", "VML"]
>> As you see we use rendereS and an array, so for you it would be
>> 
>> renderers: [new Geozet.Renderer.Anchor()]
>> Regards,
>> Slawomir
>> 
>> 
>> Am 10.06.2010 09:32, schrieb Bart van den Eijnden:
>>> Hi list,
>>> 
>>> I am trying to use a custom renderer for a Vector Layer. However, if I interpret the code correctly, there is an issue there right now. Hopefully somebody can clarify if I am doing something wrong.
>>> 
>>> I am defining my layer in the following way:
>>> 
>>>    vectorLayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("Bekendmakingen", {
>>>        styleMap: new OpenLayers.StyleMap({'default':{
>>>            cssClass: "${category}"
>>>        }}),
>>>        renderer: new Geozet.Renderer.Anchor(),
>>>        strategies: [new Geozet.Strategy.PrintList()]
>>>    });
>>> 
>>> However, the constructor of the renderer normally gets the root div as the first argument, but since the vectorLayer has not yet been rendered, I cannot assign it as yet.
>>> 
>>> If I look in the Vector.js code I see in the initialize function:
>>> 
>>>        OpenLayers.Layer.prototype.initialize.apply(this, arguments);
>>> 
>>>        // allow user-set renderer, otherwise assign one
>>>        if (!this.renderer || !this.renderer.supported()) {
>>>            this.assignRenderer();
>>>        }
>>> 
>>> So after the prototype initialize has been called, this.div is there, and I need to "assign' it to my custom renderer.
>>> 
>>> So I would expect:
>>> 
>>> Renderer to have a setContainer function, and the constructor of the Vector layer to use that function if a user-set renderer has been used.
>>> 
>>> TIA.
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> Bart
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Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
Nokia