[udig-devel] Guidance on how to implement Attributes for a FeatureReader

[Cory Horner]

Dan Eslinger wrote:

> ...the plug-in I have developed is able to read GPS NMEA sentences and 
> return latitude and longitude ordinate pairs for access and display.
>  
> What I would like some guidance on now is how to extend my class which 
> inherits from FeatureReader to add the attribute data that I am 
> reading in now. Any examples or pointers that you can provide or point 
> me to would be very valuable.
>  
> If you are curious about my project, progress or the current design, 
> the project is in SVN at the following URL: 
> http://svn.geotools.org/udig/community/dan

Dan, how were you planning on handling attribute import? An all/none 
selection or more finely grained?  On the UI side, it be cool to do 
something like the excel import wizard and show the first 5 features or 
so, at which point you could label and select attributes for inclusion.  
Presumably you're looking for more of a "best practice" idea for adding 
the attributes to the datastore, rather than "how"... ?

Has anyone out there delved into this area in the past?

Cheers,
Cory.