The <PROPERTY> element is used in the <MAP> and <WMS-LAYER>
elements of the map configuration file to initialize a programmer defined
property to the parent object within the XML configuration process. The
property value can be retrieved from within a script as follows:
String value = layer.getProperty("propertyName");
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<MAP> |
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<WMS-LAYER> |
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Attributes |
Description |
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name |
The identifier of the property. Required.
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value |
The text value of the property. Required.
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Description (in this context) |
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PO+ |
This element may appear one or more times within the parent element. |
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Example of setting properties, and how to retrieve them in a JSP script:
<PROPERTY name="download-data" value="ftp://someserver.com/data/data.zip" />
String url = layer.getProperty("download-data");
