[udig-devel] Populating a new feature when creating new geometries [was: Doubt on the catalog ConnectionFactory extension]

[Mauro Bartolomeoli]

Thanks, now the usage is clear.

Another question, unrelated to the previous one: when I create a new 
geometry, how can I edit the Feature attributes before committing it? If 
I commit the geometry without compiling attributes (the required ones) I 
get insert errors on the DataStore (the Feature is empty except for the 
Geometry). Is it possible to get a valid Feature in uDig before 
committing or is it a DataStore job to create a valid empty Feature and 
let the user compile the attributes after the initial commit?

Thanks,
Mauro




Jesse Eichar wrote:
> The ConnectionFactory/ServiceExtension duo make me angry and need to 
> be fixed they came into originally the ServiceExtension was there but 
> drag and drop needed more functionality in order to work so 
> ConnectionFactory was created rather than extending ServiceExtension 
> functionality.  I want to merge the two into a single class but for 
> now the ConnectionFactory is required for dragging and dropping URLs 
> onto the map.
>
> Jesse
>
> On 22-May-08, at 11:40 AM, Mauro Bartolomeoli wrote:
>
>> I'm developing a plugin to implement a new type of layer for Udig 
>> 1.1.x. This layer uses a GeoTools DataStore as a source for data, 
>> connecting to a custom spatial database.
>> I started "copying" the Postgis plugin, which seems quite similar to 
>> the one I need to write. The plugin is now correctly rendering data 
>> from the DataStore, without the implementation of a ConnectionFactory 
>> (the factory extension has been defined and the related class exists, 
>> but I didn't write any meaningful code in it). Now my question is: 
>> what's the purpose of the factory extension? Which features of Udig 
>> needs it?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Mauro Bartolomeoli
>>
>>
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