org.geotools.feature
Class FeatureCollections

Object
  FeatureCollections

All Implemented Interfaces:

Factory

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultFeatureCollections

Deprecated. Use DefaultFeatureCollection

public abstract class FeatureCollections
extends Object
implements Factory

A utility class for working with FeatureCollections. Provides a mechanism for obtaining a SimpleFeatureCollection instance.

Author:

Ian Schneider

Constructor Summary

FeatureCollections()
Deprecated.

Method Summary

protected abstract SimpleFeatureCollection	createCollection() Deprecated. Subclasses must implement this to return a new SimpleFeatureCollection object.
protected abstract SimpleFeatureCollection	createCollection(String id) Deprecated. Subclasses must implement this to return a new SimpleFeatureCollection object with a particular id.
Map<RenderingHints.Key,Object>	getImplementationHints() Deprecated. Returns the implementation hints.
static SimpleFeatureCollection	newCollection() Deprecated. Use new DefaultFeatureCollection(null,null)
static SimpleFeatureCollection	newCollection(String id) Deprecated. Use new DefaultFeatureCollection( id, null )

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FeatureCollections

public FeatureCollections()

Deprecated.

Method Detail

newCollection

public static SimpleFeatureCollection newCollection()

Deprecated. Use new DefaultFeatureCollection(null,null)

create a new SimpleFeatureCollection using the current default factory.

Returns:

A SimpleFeatureCollection instance.

newCollection

public static SimpleFeatureCollection newCollection(String id)

Deprecated. Use new DefaultFeatureCollection( id, null )

Creates a new SimpleFeatureCollection with a particular id using the current default factory.

Parameters:

id - The id of the feature collection.

Returns:

A new SimpleFeatureCollection intsance with the specified id.

Since:

2.4

createCollection

protected abstract SimpleFeatureCollection createCollection()

Deprecated.

Subclasses must implement this to return a new SimpleFeatureCollection object.

Returns:

A new FeatureCollection

createCollection

protected abstract SimpleFeatureCollection createCollection(String id)

Deprecated.

Subclasses must implement this to return a new SimpleFeatureCollection object with a particular id.

Parameters:

id - The identification of the feature collection.

Returns:

A new SimpleFeatureCollection with the specified id.

getImplementationHints

public Map<RenderingHints.Key,Object> getImplementationHints()

Deprecated.

Returns the implementation hints. The default implementation returns en empty map.

Specified by:

getImplementationHints in interface Factory

Returns:

The map of hints, or an empty map if none.