public static List<SimpleFeature> fromFeatureLayer(String mapName) throws IOException {
ILayer selectedLayer = ApplicationGIS.getActiveMap().getEditManager().getSelectedLayer();
FeatureSource<SimpleFeatureType, SimpleFeature> featureSource =
selectedLayer.getResource(FeatureSource.class, new NullProgressMonitor());
FeatureCollection<SimpleFeatureType, SimpleFeature> featureCollection = null;
Filter filter = selectedLayer.getFilter();
if (filter.equals(Filter.EXCLUDE)) {
featureCollection = featureSource.getFeatures();
} else {
featureCollection = featureSource.getFeatures(filter);
}
List<SimpleFeature> featuresList = new ArrayList<SimpleFeature>();
FeatureIterator<SimpleFeature> featureIterator = featureCollection.features();
while (featureIterator.hasNext()) {
SimpleFeature feature = featureIterator.next();
featuresList.add(feature);
}
featureCollection.close(featureIterator);
return featuresList;
}
