OpenLayers.Format.WMSDescribeLayer.v1_1_1

Read SLD WMS DescribeLayer response for WMS 1.1.X WMS 1.1.X is tightly coupled to SLD 1.0.0

Example DescribeLayer request

http://demo.opengeo.org/geoserver/wms?request=DescribeLayer&version=1.1.1&layers=topp:states

Inherits from

Summary
OpenLayers.Format.WMSDescribeLayer.v1_1_1Read SLD WMS DescribeLayer response for WMS 1.1.X WMS 1.1.X is tightly coupled to SLD 1.0.0
Constructor
OpenLayers.Format.WMSDescribeLayerCreate a new parser for WMS DescribeLayer responses.
Functions
readRead DescribeLayer data from a string, and return the response.

Constructor

OpenLayers.Format.WMSDescribeLayer

Create a new parser for WMS DescribeLayer responses.

Parameters

options{Object} An optional object whose properties will be set on this instance.

Functions

read

read: function(data)

Read DescribeLayer data from a string, and return the response.  The OGC defines 2 formats which are allowed for output, so we need to parse these 2 types for version 1.1.X

Parameters

data{String} or {DOMElement} data to read/parse.

Returns

{Object} Object with a layerDescriptions property, which holds an Array of {<LayerDescription>} objects which have:

  • {String} owsType: WFS/WCS
  • {String} owsURL: the online resource
  • {String} typeName: the name of the typename on the owsType service
  • {String} layerName: the name of the WMS layer we did a lookup for
read: function(data)
Read DescribeLayer data from a string, and return the response.
Create a new parser for WMS DescribeLayer responses.
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