Shapefile writer

This is a reference documentation of the Shapefile writer writer in hale studio. Usually you will not need this reference, as in hale studio the configuration of I/O providers is done via the respective wizards for import and export. Where this reference can come in handy is if you want launch a transformation via the command line.

Configuration parameters

Following are the specific configuration parameters for this writer.

• Target CRS

  Target coordinate reference system the data should be transformed to (only applies if the schema does not specify the CRS already).

  Setting name	crs
  Example value	code:EPSG:4326
  	Reference systems can be defined either as code or WKT (preceded with code: or wkt: respectively)
  	By default no CRS transformation is performed, the existing geometries are written with their respective CRS.

The following configuration parameters are shared for all I/O providers.

• Content type

  During import the content type is tried to be auto-detected, for export this is not possible, but I/O providers may have a default content type associated. If an I/O provider only supports one content type, it's usually not necessary to set this parameter. In any case you can override the content type to use/assume using a content type identifier (see the list of supported content types at the bottom of the page).

  Setting name	contentType
  Example value	eu.esdihumboldt.hale.io.shp

• Character encoding

  Specifying a character encoding is important especially for the import, so data is interpreted correctly. Not every I/O provider may respect this setting though (e.g. if the encoding is given by the data source).
  Specify a character encoding by its name as recognised by Java.

  Setting name	charset
  Example value	UTF-8

Supported content types

• Shapefile (eu.esdihumboldt.hale.io.shp)