factory for std::vector

[12345678]

I am using in geos DLL. create collections, for example: createMultiPolygon, demand a std::vector<Geometry*> but there is no creator factory for create the std::vector !

[mloskot]

I confirm this is potentially an issue in cases where a factory functions take ownership of passed collection. For example:

class GEOS_DLL GeometryFactory {
public:
MultiLineString* createMultiLineString(std::vector<Geometry *> *newLines) const;
};

If client will allocate the newLines in EXE/DLL module and pass it to GEOS DLL module which later will deallocate it, then memory is ​allocated/deallocated across module boundaries what may lead to problems.

A factory for those containers would be useful indeed.

[robe]

Milestone renamed

[pramsey]

See #1050