This example shows how simple it is to use the WPS Client. It
+ buffers an intersection of a geometry and a feature, which is
+ accomplished by chaining two processes. See
+ wps-client.js to see how this is done.
+
+
+
diff --git a/examples/wps-client.js b/examples/wps-client.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..511d491ea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/wps-client.js
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+OpenLayers.ProxyHost = 'proxy.cgi?url=';
+
+var map, client, intersect, buffer;
+
+function init() {
+
+ map = new OpenLayers.Map('map', {
+ allOverlays: true,
+ center: [114, 16],
+ zoom: 4,
+ layers: [new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector()]
+ });
+
+ var features = [new OpenLayers.Feature.Vector(OpenLayers.Geometry.fromWKT(
+ 'LINESTRING(117 22,112 18,118 13, 115 8)'
+ ))];
+ var geometry = OpenLayers.Geometry.fromWKT(
+ 'POLYGON((110 20,120 20,120 10,110 10,110 20),(112 17,118 18,118 16,112 15,112 17))'
+ );
+
+ map.baseLayer.addFeatures(features);
+ map.baseLayer.addFeatures([new OpenLayers.Feature.Vector(geometry)]);
+
+ client = new OpenLayers.WPSClient({
+ servers: {
+ opengeo: 'http://demo.opengeo.org/geoserver/wps'
+ }
+ });
+
+ // Create a process and configure it
+ intersect = client.getProcess('opengeo', 'JTS:intersection');
+ intersect.configure({
+ // spatial input can be a feature or a geometry or an array of
+ // features or geometries
+ inputs: {
+ a: features,
+ b: geometry
+ }
+ });
+
+ // Create another process which chains the previous one and execute it
+ buffer = client.getProcess('opengeo', 'JTS:buffer');
+ buffer.execute({
+ inputs: {
+ geom: intersect.output(),
+ distance: 1
+ },
+ success: function(outputs) {
+ // outputs.result is a feature or an array of features for spatial
+ // processes.
+ map.baseLayer.addFeatures(outputs.result);
+ }
+ });
+
+ // Instead of creating a process and executing it, we could call execute on
+ // the client directly if we are only dealing with a single process:
+ /*
+ client.execute({
+ server: "opengeo",
+ process: "JTS:intersection",
+ // spatial input can be a feature or a geometry or an array of
+ // features or geometries
+ inputs: {
+ a: features,
+ b: geometry
+ },
+ success: function(outputs) {
+ // outputs.result is a feature or an array of features for spatial
+ // processes.
+ map.baseLayer.addFeatures(outputs.result);
+ }
+ });
+ */
+
+}
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diff --git a/examples/wps.html b/examples/wps.html
index 84567fff87..b136e3a29d 100644
--- a/examples/wps.html
+++ b/examples/wps.html
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@
WPS Builder Example
This example shows WPS in action by using the WPSCapabilities,
WPSDescribeProcess and WPSExecute formats. See
wps.js for the
- source code.
+ source code. Note: For applications using WPS, the high level
+ approach shown in the wps-client example
+ is recommended instead.
Select a process from the list below the map. The list is
populated with the result of a WPS GetCapabilities request, parsed
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers.js b/lib/OpenLayers.js
index c8c80d847f..cca76a78d8 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers.js
@@ -394,7 +394,9 @@
"OpenLayers/Symbolizer/Raster.js",
"OpenLayers/Lang.js",
"OpenLayers/Lang/en.js",
- "OpenLayers/Spherical.js"
+ "OpenLayers/Spherical.js",
+ "OpenLayers/WPSClient.js",
+ "OpenLayers/WPSProcess.js"
]; // etc.
}
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/WPSClient.js b/lib/OpenLayers/WPSClient.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd36c3c2c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/WPSClient.js
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2012 by OpenLayers Contributors (see authors.txt for
+ * full list of contributors). Published under the 2-clause BSD license.
+ * See license.txt in the OpenLayers distribution or repository for the
+ * full text of the license.
+ *
+ * @requires OpenLayers/SingleFile.js
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Events.js
+ * @requires OpenLayers/WPSProcess.js
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Format/WPSDescribeProcess.js
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Request.js
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Class: OpenLayers.WPSClient
+ * High level API for interaction with Web Processing Services (WPS).
+ * An instance is used to create
+ * instances for servers known to the WPSClient. The WPSClient also caches
+ * DescribeProcess responses to reduce the number of requests sent to servers
+ * when processes are created.
+ */
+OpenLayers.WPSClient = OpenLayers.Class({
+
+ /**
+ * Property: servers
+ * {Object} Service metadata, keyed by a local identifier.
+ *
+ * Properties:
+ * url - {String} the url of the server
+ * version - {String} WPS version of the server
+ * processDescription - {Object} Cache of raw DescribeProcess
+ * responses, keyed by process identifier.
+ */
+ servers: null,
+
+ /**
+ * Property: version
+ * {String} The default WPS version to use if none is configured. Default
+ * is '1.0.0'.
+ */
+ version: '1.0.0',
+
+ /**
+ * Property: lazy
+ * {Boolean} Should the DescribeProcess be deferred until a process is
+ * fully configured? Default is false.
+ */
+ lazy: false,
+
+ /**
+ * Property: events
+ * {}
+ *
+ * Supported event types:
+ * describeprocess - Fires when the process description is available.
+ * Listeners receive an object with a 'raw' property holding the raw
+ * DescribeProcess response, and an 'identifier' property holding the
+ * process identifier of the described process.
+ */
+ events: null,
+
+ /**
+ * Constructor: OpenLayers.WPSClient
+ *
+ * Parameters:
+ * options - {Object} Object whose properties will be set on the instance.
+ *
+ * Avaliable options:
+ * servers - {Object} Mandatory. Service metadata, keyed by a local
+ * identifier. Can either be a string with the service url or an
+ * object literal with additional metadata:
+ *
+ * (code)
+ * servers: {
+ * local: '/geoserver/wps'
+ * }, {
+ * opengeo: {
+ * url: 'http://demo.opengeo.org/geoserver/wps',
+ * version: '1.0.0'
+ * }
+ * }
+ * (end)
+ *
+ * lazy - {Boolean} Optional. Set to true if DescribeProcess should not be
+ * requested until a process is fully configured. Default is false.
+ */
+ initialize: function(options) {
+ OpenLayers.Util.extend(this, options);
+ this.events = new OpenLayers.Events(this);
+ this.servers = {};
+ for (var s in options.servers) {
+ this.servers[s] = typeof options.servers[s] == 'string' ? {
+ url: options.servers[s],
+ version: this.version,
+ processDescription: {}
+ } : options.servers[s];
+ }
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * APIMethod: execute
+ * Shortcut to execute a process with a single function call. This is
+ * equivalent to using and then calling execute on the
+ * process.
+ *
+ * Parameters:
+ * options - {Object} Options for the execute operation.
+ *
+ * Available options:
+ * server - {String} Mandatory. One of the local identifiers of the
+ * configured servers.
+ * process - {String} Mandatory. A process identifier known to the
+ * server.
+ * inputs - {Object} The inputs for the process, keyed by input identifier.
+ * For spatial data inputs, the value of an input is usually an
+ * , an or an array of
+ * geometries or features.
+ * output - {String} The identifier of an output to parse. Optional. If not
+ * provided, the first output will be parsed.
+ * success - {Function} Callback to call when the process is complete.
+ * This function is called with an outputs object as argument, which
+ * will have a property with the identifier of the requested output
+ * (e.g. 'result'). For processes that generate spatial output, the
+ * value will either be a single or an
+ * array of features.
+ * scope - {Object} Optional scope for the success callback.
+ */
+ execute: function(options) {
+ var process = this.getProcess(options.server, options.process);
+ process.execute({
+ inputs: options.inputs,
+ success: options.success,
+ scope: options.scope
+ });
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * APIMethod: getProcess
+ * Creates an .
+ *
+ * Parameters:
+ * serverID - {String} Local identifier from the servers that this instance
+ * was constructed with.
+ * processID - {String} Process identifier known to the server.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * {}
+ */
+ getProcess: function(serverID, processID) {
+ var process = new OpenLayers.WPSProcess({
+ client: this,
+ server: serverID,
+ identifier: processID
+ });
+ if (!this.lazy) {
+ process.describe();
+ }
+ return process;
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * Method: describeProcess
+ *
+ * Parameters:
+ * serverID - {String} Identifier of the server
+ * processID - {String} Identifier of the requested process
+ * callback - {Function} Callback to call when the description is available
+ * scope - {Object} Optional execution scope for the callback function
+ */
+ describeProcess: function(serverID, processID, callback, scope) {
+ var server = this.servers[serverID];
+ if (!server.processDescription[processID]) {
+ if (!(processID in server.processDescription)) {
+ // set to null so we know a describeFeature request is pending
+ server.processDescription[processID] = null;
+ OpenLayers.Request.GET({
+ url: server.url,
+ params: {
+ SERVICE: 'WPS',
+ VERSION: server.version,
+ REQUEST: 'DescribeProcess',
+ IDENTIFIER: processID
+ },
+ success: function(response) {
+ server.processDescription[processID] = response.responseText;
+ this.events.triggerEvent('describeprocess', {
+ identifier: processID,
+ raw: response.responseText
+ });
+ },
+ scope: this
+ });
+ } else {
+ // pending request
+ this.events.register('describeprocess', this, function describe(evt) {
+ if (evt.identifier === processID) {
+ this.events.unregister('describeprocess', this, describe);
+ callback.call(scope, evt.raw);
+ }
+ });
+ }
+ } else {
+ window.setTimeout(function() {
+ callback.call(scope, server.processDescription[processID]);
+ }, 0);
+ }
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * Method: destroy
+ */
+ destroy: function() {
+ this.events.destroy();
+ this.events = null;
+ this.servers = null;
+ },
+
+ CLASS_NAME: 'OpenLayers.WPSClient'
+
+});
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/WPSProcess.js b/lib/OpenLayers/WPSProcess.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e7f6e22df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/WPSProcess.js
@@ -0,0 +1,501 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2012 by OpenLayers Contributors (see authors.txt for
+ * full list of contributors). Published under the 2-clause BSD license.
+ * See license.txt in the OpenLayers distribution or repository for the
+ * full text of the license.
+ *
+ * @requires OpenLayers/SingleFile.js
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Geometry.js
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Feature/Vector.js
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Format/WKT.js
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Format/GeoJSON.js
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Format/WPSExecute.js
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Request.js
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Class: OpenLayers.WPSProcess
+ * Representation of a WPS process. Usually instances of
+ * are created by calling 'getProcess' on an
+ * instance.
+ *
+ * Currently supports processes that have geometries
+ * or features as output, using WKT or GeoJSON as output format. It also
+ * supports chaining of processes by using the