[OpenLayers-Users] Trouble with accessing vector/WFS layer features

[cgp]

I am adding the layer like this:

		var wfs_layer3 = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("WFS Layer 3", {
			strategies: [ new OpenLayers.Strategy.BBOX(), saveStrategy],
			protocol: new OpenLayers.Protocol.WFS({
				url:  "/geoserver/wfs",
				featureType: "user_layer.layer_name",
				featureNS: "http://geoserver.sf.net",
				featurePrefix: "sde",
				srsName: "EPSG:900913",
				version: "1.1.0",
				geometryName:"SHAPE"
			})
		});
                 map.addLayers([wfs_layer3]);


Ivan Grcic-2 wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> vector layer doesnt load features if it is not visible. What
> strategy&protocol are you using?
> 
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 11:29 PM, cgp <carina_palanca at forcorp.com> wrote:
>>
>> When I start up my application, I add all the WFS layers and do
>> setVisibility(false). Right after start up I attempt to access the WFS
>> layer
>> features with wfs_layer.features but it returns null. However, when I run
>> setVisibility(true) and then setVisibility(false) right away,
>> wfs_layer.features now returns all the features.
>>
>> I don't completely understand how OpenLayers works, but does this mean
>> that
>> the WFS layers are not actually loaded onto the map if onstartup I call
>> setVisibility(false)?
>>
>> My goal is to access the features without having to display the WFS
>> layer.
>> On my previous post
>> http://n2.nabble.com/Is-there-a-way-to-dynamically-get-the-feature-id-of-a-feature-from-a-WMS-layer-td4183834.html#a4183834
>> here , I am doing this because I need to get the ID of a particular
>> feature.
>> (Unless someone else has a more efficient way of doing this, please let
>> me
>> know).
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
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