| Holds styling information (from a StyleLayerDescriptor document).
This class is based on version 1.0 of the SLD specification.
For many of us in geotools this is the reason we came along for the ride - a
pretty picture. For documentation on the use of this class please consult
the SLD 1.0 specification.
We may experiment with our own (or SLD 1.1) ideas but will mark such
experiments for you. This is only an issue of you are considering writing
out these objects for interoptability with other systems.
General strategy for supporting multiple SLD versions (and experiments):
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These classes will be BIGGER and more capabile then any one
specification
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We can define (and support) explicit interfaces tracking each version
(preferably GeoAPI would hold these)
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We can use Factories (aka SLD1Factory and SLD1_1Factory and SEFactory) to
support the creation of conformant datastructures. Code (such as user
interfaces) can be parameratized with these factories when they need to
confirm to an exact version supported by an individual service. We hope
that specifications are always adaptive, and will be forced to throw
unsupported exceptions when functionality is removed from a specification.
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