Justin,
So if I understand properly, I use the DataStore API to serve features
to the WFS service.
I use the AbstractGridFormat, AbstractGridCoverage2DReader and
associated classes to release Coverage information.
I would do the same for the corresponding WMS capability with the
StreamingRenderer.
So, would I have a total of three extension points and 3 different
classes I would have to extend and plug into Geoserver, using Spring
Framework?
Or, would I have all of this in one class and I'm just returning
different readers depending on the "TypeName" that the user chooses?
Ronak
-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Deoliveira [mailto:jdeolive@anonymised.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 1:28 PM
To: Patel, Ronak Avinash (US SSA)
Cc: geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Geoserver-users] Custom DataStores
Hi Ronak,
Patel, Ronak Avinash (US SSA) wrote:
Hello,
I guess my main problem is that I don't understand the lingo that's
being used here.1. What is a "feature" in the DataStore sense? Is this the same
thing
as what WFS considers to be a "feature"?
More or less. The term "feature" definitely comes form WFS. When in teh
context of data store a feature means an entry in a dataset which has
some attributes.
2. How do I return coverages through this DataStore interface? What
format are the coverages supposed to be in?
Coverages are not managed via the DataStore interface. Look at the
AbstractGridFormat and AbstractGridCoverage2DReader classes in the
org.geotools.coverage.grid.io package for the data access classes
relevant to coverages.
3. Are there any typeNames that I must return? Or can typenames be
any random string I want? What is a TypeName used for? Does this
get shown to the enduser of Geoserver?
Yes type names is the list of "types" you want to publish through the
datastore, and should not be random. Type name is used by the outside
world to identify "datasets" served by the datastore. For instance when
the datastore is db based, type names correspond to table names.
4. How do I return images through this interface? Is there any
specific format those images have to be in? PlanarImage?
RenderableImage? Or a simple byte?
The StreamingRenderer class (org.geotools.renderer.lite) can render data
from a DataStore into a Graphics2D context... which can originate from a
RenderedImage.
Thanks for your continued support!
Hope that helps 
Ronak
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