com.vividsolutions.wms

Class WMService

java.lang.Object

com.vividsolutions.wms.WMService

public class WMService
extends Object

Represents a remote WMS Service.

Author:

Chris Hodgson chodgson@refractions.net

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
WMService(String serverUrl) Constructs a WMService object from a server URL.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
MapRequest	createMapRequest() Creates a new MapRequest object which can be used to retrieve a Map from this service.
Capabilities	getCapabilities() Gets the Capabilities for this service.
String	getServerUrl() Gets the url of the map service.
String	getTitle() Gets the title of the map service.
void	initialize() Connect to the service and get the capabilities.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

WMService

public WMService(String serverUrl)

Constructs a WMService object from a server URL.

Parameters:

serverUrl - the URL of the WMS server

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize()
                throws IOException

Connect to the service and get the capabilities. This must be called before anything else is done with this service.

Throws:

IOException

getServerUrl

public String getServerUrl()

Gets the url of the map service.

Returns:

the url of the WMService

getTitle

public String getTitle()

Gets the title of the map service. The service must have previously been initialized, otherwise null is returned.

Returns:

the title of the WMService

getCapabilities

public Capabilities getCapabilities()

Gets the Capabilities for this service. The service must have previously been initialized, otherwise null is returned.

Returns:

a copy of the MapDescriptor for this service

createMapRequest

public MapRequest createMapRequest()

Creates a new MapRequest object which can be used to retrieve a Map from this service.

Returns:

a MapRequest object which can be used to retrieve a map image from this service