org.geotools.feature
Class FeatureCollections

java.lang.Object
  org.geotools.feature.FeatureCollections

All Implemented Interfaces:

Factory

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultFeatureCollections

public abstract class FeatureCollections

extends java.lang.Object

implements Factory

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

Author:

Ian Schneider

Constructor Summary

FeatureCollections()

Method Summary

protected abstract FeatureCollection	createCollection() Subclasses must implement this to return a new FeatureCollection object.
java.util.Map	getImplementationHints() Returns the implementation hints.
static FeatureCollection	newCollection() create a new FeatureCollection using the current default factory.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FeatureCollections

public FeatureCollections()

Method Detail

newCollection

public static FeatureCollection newCollection()

create a new FeatureCollection using the current default factory.

Returns:

A FeatureCollection instance.

createCollection

protected abstract FeatureCollection createCollection()

Subclasses must implement this to return a new FeatureCollection object.

Returns:

A new FeatureCollection

getImplementationHints

public java.util.Map getImplementationHints()

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.