[udig-devel] reprojection problems

[Andrea Antonello]

Jesse Eichar probaly wrote:
>> How would I do to set the new crs? I found some things on the geotools
>> site, but they do not apply to the crs editing.
>> Perhaps this would all change with the migration to the 2.4? Which
>> raises my nice question to you: any news about the 3.3 sdk? :)
>>
>>
> 
> To change the CRS of a feature you actually have to create a new Feature
> and FeatureType.  I think there are some utilities in uDig for this. 
> They aren't super clean because they are primarily internal classes. 
> Look at FeatureUtil for a start.  Right now the CRS of a feature is
> located on the FeatureType rather than the geometry so you need a new
> feature type for the feature and therefore a new feature.  I know....
> Ugh.  Like I said see if there is anything in FeatureUtil and feel free
> to create a patch if you think it can be made easier to use by the
> general public.

Alright, thanks, didn't notice that nice class.
I'm really weak in the feature part of geotools, so I'll have to study a
bit more that part to understand how to best do certain things.
As I workaround I created the geometry and features and then filled the
prj file with the proper wkt. It works, but... it's more than awful, I
know... :)

Andrea