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[David Garnier]

Hello,

WKB4J is a small Java toolkit designed to parse WKB data stored in a PostGIS database and convert it into Java objects. WKB4J implements the Simple Features Specification for SQL as defined by the OpenGIS consortium.

WKB4J is lean and mean, meaning that speed and reduced memory footprint where the primary concern. WKB4J is approximately 3 to 10 times faster than going through the WKT format. One other problem is that there are many Java geographical toolkit around, so WKB4J was built with portability in mind. Thoses concerns are highlighted in the design of the library. Right now, WKB4J supports the following toolkits: 
* OpenMap
* JTS
* PostGIS

If your preferred toolkit isn't supported, building support for it is an easy job if your design is close to Simple Features Specification for SQL.

WKB4J is still in beta. It is a small and focused library, so it should'nt stay in beta for too long. The design and implementation is done but the code hasn't been tested enough. 

For now, discussions of the WKB4J toolkit will take place in the postgis-user mailing list. 

WKB4J is available here: http://wkb4j.etudier-online.com/. This website contains a more detailed overview of WKB4J. It is released under the GPL.

Feel free to use it, extend it, hack it, abuse it. If you have problems with the library, you're welcome to send me an email and I will do my best to solve your problems. Patches are welcome too! 

Best Regards,
David Garnier