[OpenLayers-Trac] [OpenLayers] #1145: Format/GeoJSON does not parse features with null geometries

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#1145: Format/GeoJSON does not parse features with null geometries
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  Reporter:  bartvde         |       Owner:  tschaub
      Type:  bug             |      Status:  new    
  Priority:  minor           |   Milestone:         
 Component:  Format.GeoJSON  |     Version:  2.5    
Resolution:                  |    Keywords:         
     State:                  |  
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Changes (by euzuro):

  * state:  =>

Old description:

> When there is no geometry, Geoserver outputs "geometry": null in the
> GeoJSON output. However OpenLayers cannot parse this and will end up with
> 0 features.
>
> An easy way to fix this is to add a null check for obj.geometry in
> parseFeature:
>
>         if (obj.geometry) {
>           try {
>               geometry = this.parseGeometry(obj.geometry);
>           } catch(err) {
>               // deal with bad geometries
>               throw err;
>           }
>         }
>
> But there can be more code which assumes that a geometry object exists
> (like the bounds code probably), so this needs to be discussed more.

New description:

 When there is no geometry, Geoserver outputs "geometry": null in the
 GeoJSON output. However OpenLayers cannot parse this and will end up with
 0 features.

 An easy way to fix this is to add a null check for obj.geometry in
 parseFeature:
 {{{
         if (obj.geometry) {
           try {
               geometry = this.parseGeometry(obj.geometry);
           } catch(err) {
               // deal with bad geometries
               throw err;
           }
         }
 }}}
 But there can be more code which assumes that a geometry object exists
 (like the bounds code probably), so this needs to be discussed more.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/1145#comment:2>
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