AbstractDescribeLayerRequest (Geotools modules 31-SNAPSHOT API)

Object
- AbstractRequest
- - AbstractWMSRequest
  - - AbstractDescribeLayerRequest

All Implemented Interfaces:

Request, DescribeLayerRequest

Direct Known Subclasses:

WMS1_1_0.InternalDescribeLayerRequest
```
public abstract class AbstractDescribeLayerRequest
extends AbstractWMSRequest
implements DescribeLayerRequest
```
Describes an abstract DescribeLayer request. Provides everything except the versioning info, which subclasses must implement.

Author:

Richard Gould

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class AbstractRequest
  EXCEPTION_XML, hints, onlineResource, properties
- Fields inherited from interface DescribeLayerRequest
  LAYERS
- Fields inherited from interface Request
  REQUEST, SERVICE, VERSION, WMTVER

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`AbstractDescribeLayerRequest(URL onlineResource, Properties properties)`	Constructs a basic DescribeLayerRequest, without versioning info.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected void`	`initRequest()`
`protected abstract void`	`initVersion()`	Sets up the version number for this request.
`void`	`setLayers(String layers)`	TODO Change this to be a String[] or List so we can encode properly.

Methods inherited from class AbstractWMSRequest
initService

Methods inherited from class AbstractRequest
getFinalURL, getPostContentType, getProperties, getRequestHints, performPostOutput, processKey, requiresPost, setProperty, setRequestHints

Methods inherited from class Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface Request
createResponse, getFinalURL, getPostContentType, getProperties, getRequestHints, performPostOutput, requiresPost, setProperty, setRequestHints

- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractDescribeLayerRequest
```
public AbstractDescribeLayerRequest(URL onlineResource,
                                    Properties properties)
```
    Constructs a basic DescribeLayerRequest, without versioning info.
    
    Parameters:
    
    onlineResource - the location of the request
    
    properties - a set of properties to use. Can be null.
- Method Detail
  - initRequest
```
protected void initRequest()
```
    Specified by:
    
    initRequest in class AbstractRequest
  - setLayers
```
public void setLayers(String layers)
```
    Description copied from interface: DescribeLayerRequest
    
    TODO Change this to be a String[] or List so we can encode properly. Sets the LAYERS parameter
    
    Specified by:
    
    setLayers in interface DescribeLayerRequest
    
    Parameters:
    
    layers - A comma delimited String of named layers
    
    See Also:
    
    DescribeLayerRequest.setLayers(java.lang.String)
  - initVersion
```
protected abstract void initVersion()
```
    Description copied from class: AbstractRequest
    
    Sets up the version number for this request. Typically something like setProperty("VERSION", "1.1.1");
    
    Specified by:
    
    initVersion in class AbstractRequest