SpatialStream® Web Services - LayerCreate Reference

LayerCreate Reference

Creates a layer given an XML definition. Ex.

<Layer Name="MyLayer" PublicName="My Layer"> <Description>This is my layer.</Description> <ServerCache>true</ServerCache> <GeometryType>Polygon</GeometryType> <Schema> <ElementType name="Row"> <AttributeType name="ID" label="Identification" searchable="true" editable="false "> <Datatype type="String" /> </AttributeType> </ElementType> </Schema> </Layer>

Input

Parameter name	Type	Description
output	String	The output type for the page. Possible types include 'XML', 'JSON', 'JSONXML', 'HTML', and 'CUSTOM'.
obsId	String	(Required for JSON/JSONXML output) The object listening for the JSON callback.
obsSuccessMethod	String	(Required for JSON/JSONXML output) The JSON success callback function.
obsErrorMethod	String	(Required for JSON/JSONXML output) The JSON error callback function.
transformer	String	(Required for CUSTOM output) The XSLT to use to transform the XML output.
definition	String	The layer metadata definition in XML format.
includeGeometryFields	Boolean	Whether or not this layer includes geometry. Default is true.

Output

An XML success/failure response.