[udig-devel] GML loading - over the top?

[Jody Garnett]

Vince Darley wrote:
>> Since this kind of GML only comes around rarely, simply building
>> purpose-built importers (ala snowflake) case-by-case is almost the
>> preferred approach.
> If this is correct, it would be very helpful if this information was 
> included in the documentation of the GML parsers in geotools.  That 
> would have made it clear that we were (probably) wasting our time 
> attempting to use that code.
>
The parser is capable in this case - but our feature model is not :-( 
The end of a 5 year run at fixing the feature model is happening during 
the FOSS4G code sprint.

So you have a couple of options:
- try out the new feature model (I would love to have you as a volunteer 
but if you are on a deadline I cannot recommend this)
- use the parser to create your "purpose built" importer - make some 
java beans for your schema and use the parser to populate them (their is 
a code generator that will take your schema and spit out class files, 
one for each binding you will need).
- completly roll your own using SAX or DOM (use of the parser is 
equivilent to having some help making your own SAX parser)

Jody