| | 1 | = Proposal to implement Named Styles in MapServer = |
| | 2 | |
| | 3 | == Mapfile Extensions == |
| | 4 | |
| | 5 | * Enable `STYLE` blocks at the top `MAP` level |
| | 6 | * Add a `NAME` directive to the `STYLE` block |
| | 7 | * Top-level `STYLE` blocks ''must'' be named |
| | 8 | |
| | 9 | {{{ |
| | 10 | MAP |
| | 11 | . |
| | 12 | . |
| | 13 | . |
| | 14 | }}} |
| | 15 | |
| | 16 | * Provide a "named style" declaration in the `LAYER` block in the form of `LAYER "name"` (in addition to the existing `LAYER ... END` syntax) |
| | 17 | * The `LAYER` object gets instantiated with a ''copy'' of the named style from the top level |
| | 18 | * Referencing a non-existent `STYLE` by name throws an exception |
| | 19 | |
| | 20 | * Add an `INHERITS "style"` directive to the `STYLE` block |
| | 21 | * Block styles that inherit from a named style are instantied as a copy of the named style before other declarations in the `STYLE` block are applied |
| | 22 | |
| | 23 | == MapServer `StyleObj` Extensions == |
| | 24 | |
| | 25 | * Add a "name" property |
| | 26 | * Add a "global" property |
| | 27 | * Add a "cloneStyle" function to mapfile.c |
| | 28 | |
| | 29 | == MapScript Extensions == |
| | 30 | |
| | 31 | * ... |
