[Geoserver-devel] [jira] Created: (GEOS-4352) textsymbolizers always on top of everything else?!

textsymbolizers always on top of everything else?!
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                 Key: GEOS-4352
                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOS-4352
             Project: GeoServer
          Issue Type: Bug
    Affects Versions: 2.0.2
         Environment: windows, geoserver with postgresql & postgis
            Reporter: Teresa Böttcher
            Assignee: Andrea Aime

I have a small issue with SLD, specifically the order in which symbolizers (mainly the textsymbolizer) are presented/rendered.

Example:
1 layer roads with roads.sld (linesymbolizers & textsymbolizers)
1 layer POI with poi.sld (pointsymbolizers & textsymbolizers)
Both are grouped together, with the roads-layer being drawn first.

Everything seems to be according to the OGC specification and/or the GeoServer user manual, except for the textsymbolizer (of the roads.sld). These labels are ALWAYS on top of everything else. While I understand that these labels cannot "know" the specific dimension of the POI-graphics in different SLD-file, I would very much prefer the graphics to just overlap the street-labels (honoring the whole "painters-model").

(I also tried to get around this by using textsymbolizers with graphics for the POIs. But unfortunately I have a number of POIs as polygons, which do not work with the textsymbolizer. Well, text/labels work at very large scale (e.g. 1:1200), graphics don't work at all.)

Is this a bug, or just standard GeoServer behavior?

I would really appreciate any help/hints regarding this issue. Thank you.

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