When using a Dynamic featureWriter with the PostGIS format you can handle the FeatureType geometry these ways :
- From first feature
- From schema definition
- Define one specific geometry type
None of them are really satisfying for me :
- From first feature : if you have multiple datatypes you need to order your features or to coerce them leading to the second one
- From schema definition : no fme_geometry maps cleanly PostGIS geometry types (no support for multicurves or multisurfaces)
- Define one specific geometry type : not dynamic
It could be great to use a specific attribute : fme_native_geometry_type to define wich geometry type to use in a dynamic writer.
- This could be for any format (not just for PostGIS but I need it for PostGIS π)
- This could be populated by readersΒ
- You could provide some transformers :
- to set this parameter depending on the feature geometry
- to set manually this parameter (choose format and then geometry type)
- to coerce geometries as defined by this parameterΒ