Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of MapGuideRfc119


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07/19/11 01:59:28 (13 years ago)
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samwang
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  • MapGuideRfc119

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    2828== Motivation ==
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    30 Current layer definition schema already defines an element "URL" in "!VectorLayerDefinition" complex type to store URL definition. However, we may need further details of the URL, such as description of URL which can be displayed to user. Also, we may assign an FDO expression to URL element which designates a layer level URL setting for features, but at the the same time, we may as well would like to override it for a specific feature. For example: the URL xml element has been assigned Fdo value
     30Current layer definition schema already defines an element "URL" of type string in "!VectorLayerDefinition" complex type to store URL information. However, this is too simple and we may need further details of the URL, such as description of URL which can be displayed to user. Also, we may assign an FDO expression to URL element which designates a layer level URL setting for features, but at the the same time, we may as well would like to override it for a specific feature. For example: the URL xml element has been assigned Fdo value
    3131{{{
    3232Concat('http://www.map.com/fid=', FeatId)
    3333}}}
    34 where '!FeatId' property is the property to identify a unique feature of the feature class. The the URL of features should be something like "http://www.map.com/fid=123" for feature with FeatID=123. At the same time, a user may want to change the URL of this feature to something else, e.g a hard coded string "www.google.com". We have to specify where to store this value.
     34where '!FeatId' property is the property to identify a unique feature of the feature class. The the URL of features should be something like "http://www.map.com/fid=123" for feature with FeatID=123. When a user wants to change the URL of this feature to something else, e.g a hard coded string "www.google.com", we have to specify where to store this value.
    3535 
    3636== Proposed Solution ==
    37 We need to change the layer definition a little bit. First we add a XML complex type named "URLDataType" to represent URL information.
     37We need to change the vector layer definition a little bit. First we add a XML complex type named "URLDataType" to represent URL information.
    3838
    3939{{{
     
    6767  </xs:complexType>
    6868}}}
    69 The meaning of child elements this complex type is well explained in its annotation.
     69The meaning of child elements in this complex type are well explained by their annotations.
    7070
    7171Then change the original "URL" element in "!VectorLayerDefinition" from simple type "xs:string" to complex type "URLDataType".