I'm in the midst of creating new Shapefile import/export functionality for BizzJUMP based on the latest Geotools library. The original code JUMP used to import/export Shapefiles was also from Geotools, but it was a lot older. There is some other parts of the JUMP shapefile code that is starting to show its age, like its use of some of the JTS API that is now depracated.
I've had to do some hair pulling with the Geotools code (those guys make everything so complicated) but I've almost got a class finished that will read JUMP feature objects directly from Shapefiles. I'm going to wrap this in the DataSource/Connection code, so the ShapefileReader and ShapefileWriter classes can finally be removed. After I've got a plug-in that will import/export Shapefiles for OpenJUMP, I am going to work on some improvements to the Geotools Shapefile code. This will include support for more DBF field types, which will make the code a little more robust. My ultimate goal is to help Geotools maintain the shapefile code in conjunction with the OpenJUMP community. I will be trying to see if any of our Shapefile code patches need to be applied to the Geotools code. If I can get this all to work (that is a big IF), I would like to push the new Shapefile code back down to OpenJUMP. This won't likely be for a couple of months yet, as I work pretty slow on stuff. Here is what the changes will mean for BizzJUMP users, and could mean for OpenJUMP users: - Full support for boolean attribute values. - More accurate reading of numeric values from DBF files. (Currently, some of these values may be imported as Strings.) - The ability to upgrade to newer versions of the JTS library. - Possibly the support for M and Z values. This work is being done as part of my overhaul of the file menu/data import in BizzJUMP: http://openjump.blogspot.com/ The Sunburned Surveyor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
