[Geoserver-devel] new layer creation issue

Hi all,
I am developing a uDig extension that interacts with Geoserver via its REST api.

I have a problem in posting to Geoserver a new Layer which does not
contain the "nativename" tag.
Indeed, I noticed that also in the web interface, Geoserver asks the
user to select an already existing layer
in order to start the creation of a new one.

Does anyone know the main motivation for that?
Also, does anyone know how I may tackle this issue?

Best,
Ivano

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Ivano Malavolta
PhD Student in Computer Science
tel: +390862433734 skype: iivanoo
University of L'Aquila
Department of Computer Science
Via Vetoio - 67010 (AQ) - Italy

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