it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest
Class GeoServerRESTPublisher

java.lang.Object
  it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.GeoServerRESTPublisher

public class GeoServerRESTPublisher
extends Object

Connect to a GeoServer instance to publish or modify data.

There are no modifiable instance fields, so all the calls are thread-safe.

Author:

ETj (etj at geo-solutions.it)

Nested Class Summary

static class	GeoServerRESTPublisher.ParameterConfigure The configure parameter is used to control how the data store is configured upon file upload.
static class	GeoServerRESTPublisher.ParameterUpdate The update parameter is used to control how existing data is handled when the file is PUT into a datastore that (a) already exists and (b) already contains a schema that matches the content of the file.

Constructor Summary

GeoServerRESTPublisher(String restURL, String username, String password)
Creates a GeoServerRESTPublisher for a given GeoServer instance with the given auth credentials.

Method Summary

boolean	configureCoverage(GSCoverageEncoder ce, String wsname, String csname) Configure an existent coverage in a given workspace and coverage store
protected boolean	configureCoverage(GSCoverageEncoder ce, String wsname, String csname, String cname) Deprecated. use configureCoverage(GSCoverageEncoder, String, String)
RESTCoverageStore	configureExternaMosaicDatastore(String workspace, String storeName, File mosaicDir) Deprecated. provided for backward compatibility use createExternaMosaicDatastore(String workspace, String storeName, File mosaicDir, CoverageConfigure configure)
boolean	configureLayer(GSLayerEncoder layer, String layerName) Deprecated. please use configureLayer(String workspace, String layerName, GSLayerEncoder layer)
boolean	configureLayer(String workspace, String layerName, GSLayerEncoder layer) Allows to configure some layer attributes such and DefaultStyle
boolean	createCoverage(GSCoverageEncoder ce, String wsname, String csname) Create a new coverage in a given workspace and coverage store
boolean	createExternalMosaic(String workspace, String storeName, File mosaicDir, GSCoverageEncoder coverageEncoder, GSLayerEncoder layerEncoder) Publish a Mosaic already in a filesystem readable by GeoServer.
RESTCoverageStore	createExternaMosaicDatastore(String workspace, String storeName, File mosaicDir, GeoServerRESTPublisher.ParameterConfigure configure, GeoServerRESTPublisher.ParameterUpdate update) Publish a Mosaic from a filesystem currently readable by GeoServer.
boolean	createPostGISDatastore(String workspace, GSPostGISDatastoreEncoder datastoreEncoder) Create a PostGIS datastore.
boolean	createWorkspace(String workspace) Create a new Workspace
protected String	encode(String s)
boolean	publishDBLayer(String workspace, String storename, GSFeatureTypeEncoder fte, GSLayerEncoder layerEncoder) Publish a table in a PostGis store as a new layer.
boolean	publishDBLayer(String workspace, String storename, String layername, String srs, String defaultStyle)
RESTCoverageStore	publishExternalGeoTIFF(String workspace, String storeName, File geotiff, String srs, String defaultStyle) Publish a GeoTiff already in a filesystem readable by GeoServer.
RESTCoverageStore	publishExternalMosaic(String workspace, String storeName, File mosaicDir, GSCoverageEncoder coverageEncoder, GSLayerEncoder layerEncoder) Deprecated. this is keep only for backward compatibility use createExternalMosaic and getCoverageStore separately
RESTCoverageStore	publishExternalMosaic(String workspace, String storeName, File mosaicDir, String srs, String defaultStyle) Publish a Mosaic already in a filesystem readable by GeoServer.
boolean	publishGeoTIFF(String workspace, String storeName, File geotiff) Publish a GeoTiff.
boolean	publishImageMosaic(String workspace, String storeName, File zipFile) Publish imagemosaic as zip file
boolean	publishImageMosaic(String workspace, String storeName, File zipFile, GeoServerRESTPublisher.ParameterConfigure configure, org.apache.commons.httpclient.NameValuePair... params) Publish imagemosaic as zip file
boolean	publishShp(String workspace, String storename, String layername, File zipFile) Publish a zipped shapefile.
boolean	publishShp(String workspace, String storename, String layername, File zipFile, String srs) Publish a zipped shapefile.
boolean	publishShp(String workspace, String storename, String layername, File zipFile, String srs, org.apache.commons.httpclient.NameValuePair... params) Publish a zipped shapefile. http://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user /restconfig/rest-config-examples/rest- config-examples-curl.html#uploading-a-shapefile
boolean	publishShp(String workspace, String storename, String layerName, File zipFile, String nativeCrs, String defaultStyle) Publish a zipped shapefile.
boolean	publishStyle(File sldFile) Store and publish an SLD.
boolean	publishStyle(File sldFile, String name) Store and publish an SLD, assigning it a name.
boolean	publishStyle(String sldBody) Store and publish an SLD.
boolean	publishStyle(String sldBody, String name) Store and publish an SLD.
boolean	publishWorldImage(String workspace, String coveragestore, File zipFile) publishWorldImage(String, String, File, ParameterConfigure, NameValuePair...)
boolean	publishWorldImage(String workspace, String coveragestore, File zipFile, GeoServerRESTPublisher.ParameterConfigure configure, org.apache.commons.httpclient.NameValuePair... params) Publish a zipped worldimage file.
boolean	reload() reload the target geoserver configuration
boolean	removeCoverageStore(String workspace, String storename) Deprecated. use removeCoverageStore(String, String, boolean)
boolean	removeCoverageStore(String workspace, String storename, boolean recurse) Remove a given CoverageStore in a given Workspace.
boolean	removeDatastore(String workspace, String storename) Deprecated. will be removed in next release use removeDatastore(String, String, boolean)
boolean	removeDatastore(String workspace, String storename, boolean recurse) Remove a given Datastore in a given Workspace.
boolean	removeLayer(String workspace, String layerName) remove a generic given layer from a given workspace
boolean	removeLayerGroup(String name)
boolean	removeStyle(String styleName) Remove a Style.
boolean	removeStyle(String styleName, boolean purge) Remove a Style. The Style will be unpublished and the related SLD file will be removed (if purge==true).
boolean	removeWorkspace(String workspace) Deprecated. removeWorkspace(String, boolean)
boolean	removeWorkspace(String workspace, boolean recurse) Remove a given Workspace.
boolean	reset() reset the target geoserver configuration
protected String	sanitize(String s)
boolean	unpublishCoverage(String workspace, String storename, String layerName) Remove the Coverage configuration from GeoServer.
boolean	unpublishFeatureType(String workspace, String storename, String layerName) Removes the featuretype and the associated layer.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GeoServerRESTPublisher

public GeoServerRESTPublisher(String restURL,
                              String username,
                              String password)

Creates a GeoServerRESTPublisher for a given GeoServer instance with the given auth credentials.

Parameters:

restURL - the base GeoServer URL (e.g.: http://localhost:8080/geoserver)

username - username auth credential

password - password auth credential

Method Detail

createWorkspace

public boolean createWorkspace(String workspace)

Create a new Workspace

Parameters:

workspace - The name of the new workspace.

This is the equivalent call with cUrl:

 curl -u admin:geoserver -XPOST \
      -H 'Content-type: text/xml' \
      -d "<workspace><name>$WORKSPACE</name></workspace>" \
      http://$GSIP:$GSPORT/$SERVLET/rest/workspaces
 
 

publishStyle

public boolean publishStyle(String sldBody)

Store and publish an SLD.

This is the equivalent call with cUrl:

 curl -u admin:geoserver -XPOST \
      -H 'Content-type: application/vnd.ogc.sld+xml' \
      -d @$FULLSLD \
      http://$GSIP:$GSPORT/$SERVLET/rest/styles
 

Parameters:

sldBody - the SLD document as an XML String.

Returns:

true if the operation completed successfully.

publishStyle

public boolean publishStyle(String sldBody,
                            String name)
                     throws IllegalArgumentException

Store and publish an SLD.

This is the equivalent call with cUrl:

 curl -u admin:geoserver -XPOST \
      -H 'Content-type: application/vnd.ogc.sld+xml' \
      -d @$FULLSLD \
      http://$GSIP:$GSPORT/$SERVLET/rest/styles?name=name
 

Parameters:

sldBody - the SLD document as an XML String.

name - the Style name (can be null).

Returns:

true if the operation completed successfully.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the style body is null or empty

publishStyle

public boolean publishStyle(File sldFile)

Store and publish an SLD.

Parameters:

sldFile - the File containing the SLD document.

Returns:

true if the operation completed successfully.

publishStyle

public boolean publishStyle(File sldFile,
                            String name)

Store and publish an SLD, assigning it a name.

Parameters:

sldFile - the File containing the SLD document.

name - the Style name.

Returns:

true if the operation completed successfully.

removeStyle

public boolean removeStyle(String styleName,
                           boolean purge)
                    throws IllegalArgumentException

Remove a Style.
The Style will be unpublished and the related SLD file will be removed (if purge==true).

Parameters:

styleName - the name of the Style to remove.

purge - and the related SLD file will be removed.

Returns:

true if the operation completed successfully.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if styleName is null or empty

removeStyle

public boolean removeStyle(String styleName)

Remove a Style.

The Style will be unpublished and the related SLD file will be removed.

Parameters:

styleName - the name of the Style to remove.

Returns:

true if the operation completed successfully.

createPostGISDatastore

public boolean createPostGISDatastore(String workspace,
                                      GSPostGISDatastoreEncoder datastoreEncoder)

Create a PostGIS datastore.

Parameters:

workspace - Name of the workspace to contain the database. This will also be the prefix of any layer names created from tables in the database.

datastoreEncoder - the set of parameters to be set to the datastore (including connection params)

Returns:

true if the PostGIS datastore has been successfully created, false otherwise

publishShp

public boolean publishShp(String workspace,
                          String storename,
                          String layername,
                          File zipFile)
                   throws FileNotFoundException

Publish a zipped shapefile.
The CRS will be forced to EPSG:4326.

Parameters:

workspace -

storename -

layername -

zipFile -

Returns:

true if the operation completed successfully.

Throws:

FileNotFoundException

publishShp

public boolean publishShp(String workspace,
                          String storename,
                          String layerName,
                          File zipFile,
                          String nativeCrs,
                          String defaultStyle)
                   throws FileNotFoundException

Publish a zipped shapefile.

Parameters:

workspace -

storename -

layerName -

nativeCrs -

defaultStyle - may be null

Returns:

true if the operation completed successfully.

Throws:

FileNotFoundException

publishShp

public boolean publishShp(String workspace,
                          String storename,
                          String layername,
                          File zipFile,
                          String srs)
                   throws FileNotFoundException

Publish a zipped shapefile.

These are the equivalent calls with cUrl:

 curl -u admin:geoserver -XPUT -H 'Content-type: application/zip' \
       --data-binary @$ZIPFILE \
       http://$GSIP:$GSPORT/$SERVLET/rest/workspaces/$WORKSPACE/datastores/$STORENAME/file.shp
 
 curl -u admin:geoserver -XPOST -H 'Content-type: text/xml'  \
       -d "<featureType><name>$BARE</name><nativeCRS>EPSG:4326</nativeCRS><enabled>true</enabled></featureType>"  \
       http://$GSIP:$GSPORT/$SERVLET/rest/workspaces/$WORKSPACE/datastores/$STORENAME/featuretypes/$LAYERNAME
  
 

publishShp(String, String, String, File, String, NameValuePair...)

Returns:

true if the operation completed successfully.

Throws:

FileNotFoundException

publishShp

public boolean publishShp(String workspace,
                          String storename,
                          String layername,
                          File zipFile,
                          String srs,
                          org.apache.commons.httpclient.NameValuePair... params)
                   throws FileNotFoundException

Publish a zipped shapefile.
http://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user /restconfig/rest-config-examples/rest- config-examples-curl.html#uploading-a-shapefile

Parameters:

workspace - the name of the workspace to use

storename - the name of the store to create

layername - the name of the layer to configure

zipFile - the zip file containing the shapefile

srs - the native CRS

params - parameters to append to the url (can be null).
Accepted parameters are:

• charset used to set the charset

Returns:

true if success false otherwise

Throws:

FileNotFoundException

publishDBLayer

public boolean publishDBLayer(String workspace,
                              String storename,
                              String layername,
                              String srs,
                              String defaultStyle)

Parameters:

workspace -

storename -

layername -

srs -

defaultStyle -

Returns:

publishDBLayer

public boolean publishDBLayer(String workspace,
                              String storename,
                              GSFeatureTypeEncoder fte,
                              GSLayerEncoder layerEncoder)

Publish a table in a PostGis store as a new layer.

This is the equivalent call with cUrl:

 curl -u admin:geoserver -XPOST -H 'Content-type: text/xml' \
      -d "<featureType><name>easia_gaul_1_aggr</name><nativeCRS>EPSG:4326</nativeCRS><enabled>true</enabled></featureType>" \
      http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces/it.geosolutions/datastores/pg_kids/featuretypes
 
 

and a PUT to
restURL + "/rest/layers/" workspace + : + layerName

Parameters:

workspace -

storename -

fte - GSFeatureTypeEncoder encoding creating FeatureType

Returns:

true if layer is successfully created

publishGeoTIFF

public boolean publishGeoTIFF(String workspace,
                              String storeName,
                              File geotiff)
                       throws FileNotFoundException

Publish a GeoTiff.

This is the equivalent call with cUrl:

 curl -u admin:geoserver -XPUT -H 'Content-type: text' -d "file:$FULLPATH" \
       http://$GSIP:$GSPORT/$SERVLET/rest/workspaces/$WORKSPACE/coveragestores/$STORENAME/external.geotiff
  
 

Returns:

true if the operation completed successfully.

Throws:

FileNotFoundException

publishExternalGeoTIFF

public RESTCoverageStore publishExternalGeoTIFF(String workspace,
                                                String storeName,
                                                File geotiff,
                                                String srs,
                                                String defaultStyle)
                                         throws FileNotFoundException

Publish a GeoTiff already in a filesystem readable by GeoServer.

Parameters:

workspace - an existing workspace

storeName - the coverageStore to be created

geotiff - the geoTiff to be published

Returns:

a PublishedCoverage, or null on errors

Throws:

FileNotFoundException

publishWorldImage

public boolean publishWorldImage(String workspace,
                                 String coveragestore,
                                 File zipFile)
                          throws FileNotFoundException

publishWorldImage(String, String, File, ParameterConfigure, NameValuePair...)

Throws:

FileNotFoundException

publishWorldImage

public boolean publishWorldImage(String workspace,
                                 String coveragestore,
                                 File zipFile,
                                 GeoServerRESTPublisher.ParameterConfigure configure,
                                 org.apache.commons.httpclient.NameValuePair... params)
                          throws FileNotFoundException

Publish a zipped worldimage file. It is assumed that the the zip-file contain the *.prj to set the srs.

This is equivalent call with cUrl:

 {@code
 curl -u admin:geoserver -XPUT -H 'Content-type: application/zip' \
 
       --data-binary @$ZIPFILE \
 
       http://$GSIP:$GSPORT/$SERVLET/rest/workspaces/$WORKSPACE/coveragestores/$COVERAGESTORE/file.worldimage
 

Parameters:

workspace - Workspace to use

coveragestore - Name of the coveragestore

zipFile - zip file to upload

configure - Configure parameter. It may be null.

params - parameters to append to the url (can be null).
Accepted parameters are:

• coverageName=name coverageName parameter to append. Only works if configure is not set to ParameterConfigure.NONE.

Returns:

true if the operation completed successfully.

Throws:

FileNotFoundException

See Also:

ParameterConfigure}

publishImageMosaic

public boolean publishImageMosaic(String workspace,
                                  String storeName,
                                  File zipFile)
                           throws FileNotFoundException

Publish imagemosaic as zip file

Throws:

FileNotFoundException

See Also:

#publishWorldImage(String, String, File)}

publishImageMosaic

public boolean publishImageMosaic(String workspace,
                                  String storeName,
                                  File zipFile,
                                  GeoServerRESTPublisher.ParameterConfigure configure,
                                  org.apache.commons.httpclient.NameValuePair... params)
                           throws FileNotFoundException

Publish imagemosaic as zip file

Throws:

FileNotFoundException

See Also:

#publishWorldImage(String, String, File, ParameterConfigure, NameValuePair...)}

createExternaMosaicDatastore

public RESTCoverageStore createExternaMosaicDatastore(String workspace,
                                                      String storeName,
                                                      File mosaicDir,
                                                      GeoServerRESTPublisher.ParameterConfigure configure,
                                                      GeoServerRESTPublisher.ParameterUpdate update)
                                               throws FileNotFoundException

Publish a Mosaic from a filesystem currently readable by GeoServer.

Sample cUrl usage:
<> curl -u admin:geoserver -XPUT -H 'Content-type: text' -d "file:$ABSPORTDIR" http://$GSIP:$GSPORT/$SERVLET/rest/workspaces/$WORKSPACE/coveragestores/$BAREDIR/external.imagemosaic

Parameters:

workspace - an existing workspace

storeName - the name of the coverageStore to be created

mosaicDir - the directory where the raster images are located

configure - a specify if a coverage should be configured

Returns:

true if the operation completed successfully.

Throws:

FileNotFoundException

configureExternaMosaicDatastore

public RESTCoverageStore configureExternaMosaicDatastore(String workspace,
                                                         String storeName,
                                                         File mosaicDir)
                                                  throws FileNotFoundException

Deprecated. provided for backward compatibility use createExternaMosaicDatastore(String workspace, String storeName, File mosaicDir, CoverageConfigure configure)

Parameters:

workspace -

storeName -

mosaicDir -

Returns:

Throws:

FileNotFoundException

publishExternalMosaic

public RESTCoverageStore publishExternalMosaic(String workspace,
                                               String storeName,
                                               File mosaicDir,
                                               String srs,
                                               String defaultStyle)
                                        throws FileNotFoundException

Publish a Mosaic already in a filesystem readable by GeoServer.

Sample cUrl usage:
curl -u admin:geoserver -XPUT -H 'Content-type: text' -d "file:$ABSPORTDIR" http://$GSIP:$GSPORT/$SERVLET/rest/workspaces/$WORKSPACE/coveragestores/$BAREDIR/external.imagemosaic

Parameters:

workspace - an existing workspace

storeName - the name of the coverageStore to be created

mosaicDir - the directory where the raster images are located

srs - the coverage declared SRS

defaultStyle - may be null

Returns:

true if the operation completed successfully.

Throws:

FileNotFoundException

publishExternalMosaic

public RESTCoverageStore publishExternalMosaic(String workspace,
                                               String storeName,
                                               File mosaicDir,
                                               GSCoverageEncoder coverageEncoder,
                                               GSLayerEncoder layerEncoder)
                                        throws FileNotFoundException

Deprecated. this is keep only for backward compatibility use createExternalMosaic and getCoverageStore separately

Publish a Mosaic already in a filesystem readable by GeoServer.

Sample cUrl usage:
curl -u admin:geoserver -XPUT -H 'Content-type: text' -d "file:$ABSPORTDIR" http://$GSIP:$GSPORT/$SERVLET/rest/workspaces/$WORKSPACE/coveragestores/$BAREDIR/external.imagemosaic

Parameters:

workspace - an existing workspace

storeName - the name of the coverageStore to be created

mosaicDir - the directory where the raster images are located

coverageEncoder - the set of parameters to be set to the coverage (bbox, srs, ...)

layerEncoder - the set of parameters to be set to the layer (defaultstyle, wmspath, ...)

Returns:

the created RESTCoverageStore

Throws:

FileNotFoundException

createExternalMosaic

public boolean createExternalMosaic(String workspace,
                                    String storeName,
                                    File mosaicDir,
                                    GSCoverageEncoder coverageEncoder,
                                    GSLayerEncoder layerEncoder)
                             throws FileNotFoundException

Publish a Mosaic already in a filesystem readable by GeoServer.

Sample cUrl usage:
curl -u admin:geoserver -XPUT -H 'Content-type: text' -d "file:$ABSPORTDIR" http://$GSIP:$GSPORT/$SERVLET/rest/workspaces/$WORKSPACE/coveragestores/$BAREDIR/external.imagemosaic

Parameters:

workspace - an existing workspace

storeName - the name of the coverageStore to be created

mosaicDir - the directory where the raster images are located

coverageEncoder - the set of parameters to be set to the coverage (bbox, srs, ...)

layerEncoder - the set of parameters to be set to the layer (defaultstyle, wmspath, ...)

Returns:

true if the operation completed successfully.

Throws:

FileNotFoundException

unpublishCoverage

public boolean unpublishCoverage(String workspace,
                                 String storename,
                                 String layerName)

Remove the Coverage configuration from GeoServer.
First, the associated layer is removed, then the Coverage configuration itself.

CHECKME Maybe the coveragestore has to be removed as well.

REST URL: http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces/it.geosolutions/coveragestores/gbRESTtestStore/coverages/resttestdem.xml

Returns:

true if the operation completed successfully.

unpublishFeatureType

public boolean unpublishFeatureType(String workspace,
                                    String storename,
                                    String layerName)

Removes the featuretype and the associated layer.
You may also want to remove the datastore.

Returns:

true if the operation completed successfully.

removeDatastore

public boolean removeDatastore(String workspace,
                               String storename)

Deprecated. will be removed in next release use removeDatastore(String, String, boolean)

Remove recursively a given Datastore in a given Workspace.

Parameters:

workspace - The name of the workspace

storename - The name of the Datastore to remove.

Returns:

true if the datastore was successfully removed.

removeDatastore

public boolean removeDatastore(String workspace,
                               String storename,
                               boolean recurse)
                        throws IllegalArgumentException

Remove a given Datastore in a given Workspace.

Parameters:

workspace - The name of the workspace

storename - The name of the Datastore to remove.

recurse - if remove should be performed recursively

Returns:

true if the datastore was successfully removed.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if workspace or storename are null or empty

removeCoverageStore

public boolean removeCoverageStore(String workspace,
                                   String storename)

Deprecated. use removeCoverageStore(String, String, boolean)

Remove recursively a given CoverageStore in a given Workspace.

Parameters:

workspace - The name of the workspace

storename - The name of the CoverageStore to remove.

Returns:

true if the CoverageStore was successfully removed.

removeCoverageStore

public boolean removeCoverageStore(String workspace,
                                   String storename,
                                   boolean recurse)
                            throws IllegalArgumentException

Remove a given CoverageStore in a given Workspace.

Parameters:

workspace - The name of the workspace

storename - The name of the CoverageStore to remove.

recurse - if remove should be performed recursively

Returns:

true if the CoverageStore was successfully removed.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException

removeWorkspace

public boolean removeWorkspace(String workspace)

Deprecated. removeWorkspace(String, boolean)

Remove the workspace given Workspace using default parameters

Parameters:

workspace - the workspace to remove

Returns:

true if success, false otherwise

See Also:

GeoServerRESTPublisher#removeWorkspace(String, boolean)}

removeWorkspace

public boolean removeWorkspace(String workspace,
                               boolean recurse)
                        throws IllegalArgumentException

Remove a given Workspace.

Parameters:

workspace - The name of the workspace

recurse - The recurse parameter is used to recursively delete all resources contained by the specified workspace. This includes data stores, coverage stores, feature types, etc... Allowable values for this parameter are true or false. The default value is false.

Returns:

true if the WorkSpace was successfully removed.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException

reload

public boolean reload()

reload the target geoserver configuration

Returns:

true if success

See Also:

://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/restconfig/rest-config-api.html

reset

public boolean reset()

reset the target geoserver configuration

Returns:

true if success

See Also:

://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/restconfig/rest-config-api.html

removeLayerGroup

public boolean removeLayerGroup(String name)

configureLayer

public boolean configureLayer(GSLayerEncoder layer,
                              String layerName)

Deprecated. please use configureLayer(String workspace, String layerName, GSLayerEncoder layer)

removeLayer

public boolean removeLayer(String workspace,
                           String layerName)

remove a generic given layer from a given workspace

Parameters:

workspace -

layerName -

Returns:

true if success

configureLayer

public boolean configureLayer(String workspace,
                              String layerName,
                              GSLayerEncoder layer)

Allows to configure some layer attributes such and DefaultStyle

configureCoverage

public boolean configureCoverage(GSCoverageEncoder ce,
                                 String wsname,
                                 String csname)

Configure an existent coverage in a given workspace and coverage store

Parameters:

ce - contains the coverage name to configure and the configuration to apply

wsname - the workspace to search for existent coverage

csname - the coverage store to search for existent coverage

Returns:

true if success

createCoverage

public boolean createCoverage(GSCoverageEncoder ce,
                              String wsname,
                              String csname)

Create a new coverage in a given workspace and coverage store

Parameters:

ce - contains the coverage name to create and the configuration to apply

wsname - the workspace to search for existent coverage

csname - the coverage store to search for existent coverage

Returns:

configureCoverage

protected boolean configureCoverage(GSCoverageEncoder ce,
                                    String wsname,
                                    String csname,
                                    String cname)

Deprecated. use configureCoverage(GSCoverageEncoder, String, String)

Allows to configure some coverage's attributes

Parameters:

ce - Coverage encoder

wsname - workspace name

csname - coveragestore name

cname - coverage name (if != null will override the CoverageEncoder name)

Returns:

true if success

sanitize

protected String sanitize(String s)

encode

protected String encode(String s)