[Geoserver-devel] [jira] Created: (GEOS-2923) WFS SHAPE-ZIP format fails when geometry attribute name is different than "the_geom"

WFS SHAPE-ZIP format fails when geometry attribute name is different than "the_geom"
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                 Key: GEOS-2923
                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOS-2923
             Project: GeoServer
          Issue Type: Bug
    Affects Versions: 1.7.x
         Environment: PostGIS data source
            Reporter: Etienne Dube
            Assignee: Andrea Aime
            Priority: Minor

If the name of a single geometry attribute is different than "the_geom", the WFS SHAPE-ZIP output format fails in the writeCollectionToShapefile(FeatureCollection, File, Charset) method (a NullPointerException is thrown along the way from ShapefileFeatureWriter.java:353). It seems to occurs because the RetypingFeatureCollection handles different positions / types of attributes, but not a change of name in the attributes (geometry attribute name is always the_geom in the ShapeFileDataSource).

The (note plural) writeCollectionToShapefiles(FeatureCollection<SimpleFeatureType, SimpleFeature>, File, Charset) method doesn't seem to suffer from this problem (see comment at line 237). Didn't test it though, since the PostGIS geometry column is recognized as a having a single geometry type (e.g. MultiPolygon).

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