public String getString(String featureID) {
String string = getCachedStringForFeature(featureID);
if (string != null) {
return string;
}
Feature feature = findFeature(featureID);
if (feature != null) {
String value = feature.getString(getElement());
getMapFeatureID2CachedValue().put(featureID, value);
return value;
}
return null;
}
/**
* look at all the data in the column of the featurecollection, and find the largest string!
*
* @param fc features to look at
* @param attributeNumber which of the column to test.
*/
int findMaxStringLength(FeatureCollection fc, int attributeNumber) {
int l;
int maxlen = 0;
Feature f;
for (Iterator i = fc.iterator(); i.hasNext(); ) {
f = (Feature) i.next();
l = f.getString(attributeNumber).length();
if (l > maxlen) {
maxlen = l;
}
}
return maxlen;
}