perhaps is there a ListExploder to explode the list generated by the SpatialRelator?
I think @takashi is right. If you only use the SpatialRelator the requestors will retain their fme_feature_type, but if you then use a ListExploder it will overwrite the fme_feature_type of the requestor with the one from the supplier.
That's what the ListExploder does I'm afraid.
There is a workaround:
- Expose the fme_feature_type attribute on the suppliers
- Set the SpatialRelator to only add selected attributes and don't select the fme_feature_type attribute
That should do it.
I think @takashi is right. If you only use the SpatialRelator the requestors will retain their fme_feature_type, but if you then use a ListExploder it will overwrite the fme_feature_type of the requestor with the one from the supplier.
That's what the ListExploder does I'm afraid.
There is a workaround:
- Expose the fme_feature_type attribute on the suppliers
- Set the SpatialRelator to only add selected attributes and don't select the fme_feature_type attribute
That should do it.
Hi red,
Ah, I needed to upgrade the SpatialRelator (and ListExploder) transformers to the latest versions before I got the "selected attributes" possibility :-)
To clarify, the "fme_feature_type" of the features being output from SpatialRelator are all "SpatialRelator_OUTPUT", but the list "_relationsshipsh].fme_feature_type" are all equal to the SpatialRelator's suppliers' feature_type. But after ListExplode, the feature all have type "ListExploder_ELEMENTS". At least according to Data Inspector, which I'm not sure is correct.
So I added a couple of inspectors, one after SpatialRelator and one after ListExplode, and the former reports the correct feature-type, whereas the latter report the wrong (from the SpatialRelator suppliers, i.e. "_relationsshipss].fme_feature_type".
So it looks like it's WAD behaviour after all, as the relationships supposedly defines what the requester feature encounters, including their feature-types.
So to enforce the requester feature-types, I'll stick to my work-around for now then :-)
Ps! The two transformers are located inside a custom transformer, and the only attribute in "selected attributes" were "fme_feature_type", so that unfortunately didn't help med out. But if located in the main window, it might just work nicely.
Cheers
