0 Overview

Welcome to the GeoServer development community

• 1 Developer Introduction
• 2 Developer Tutorials

1 Setup

Download and installation instructions for GeoServer development

• 1 Java — Install a Java SDK
  • JDK Install Instructions
• 2 Subversion — Install a Subversion Command Line Client
• 3 Source Code — Checkout the GeoServer Sources
• 4 Maven — Download and Install Maven
• 5 Eclipse — Download and Install an Eclipse SDK

2 Maven Quickstart

Building and Running GeoServer with Maven.

3 Eclipse Quickstart

Building and Debugging GeoServer with Eclipse

• GeoServer and Eclipse with Tomcat
• Integrating GeoServer JIRA with Eclipse's Mylyn (Mylar)

4 Programmers Guide

Guide to using GeoServer as a framework for additional applications

• 0 Introduction — Welcome, overview and terminology
• 1 GeoServer Architecture — Overview of the GeoServer architecture
• 2 GeoServer Platform — Short introduction to Spring, and its role in GeoServer
• 3 A Simple PlugIn — How to Create a Simple GeoServer Plugin
• 4 Developer Tutorials — Tutorials to get going with GeoServer as a framework
  • Adding new configuration options
  • Create your own Output Format
  • Working With The Catalog — Create a simple service which queries the catalog
• 5 Hints and Tricks — Advice and howtos for navigating the GeoServer codebase
  • Alternative for reloading the Geoserver catalog
  • Debugging Hints
  • Defining a custom projection
  • GeoTools Advice
  • Logging
  • Maven Build Reference
• Online Help
  • Developer Documentation Writing Guidelines
  • User Documentation Writing Guidelines

5 Reference

Information like javadocs, specifics on code, diagrams, configuration files and the like

• 0 Extension Points — Objects in GeoServer built for extension
  • MapProducerFactory
  • Operation
• 1 Javadocs — Where to access the javadocs for releases and trunk
• 2 Code Explanations — These explain in detail how different parts of the codebase work.
  • 1 How a GetFeature Request Works
  • 2 Request Response
  • 3 STRUTS Info
  • 5 GeoTools
  • 9 Validation Module
  • Developing Open Web Services
  • Global
  • TransactionResponse
• 3 Diagrams — This section contains various diagrams and pictures
  • 1 Overview
  • UML-WFS
  • UML-WMS
• 4 Design Notes — Notes on the designs of various sub-systems of GeoServer
  • 3 Output Strategies
  • Servlets
  • STRUTS
• 5 VWFS documentation — Documentation from the vwfs project of 2003/4
  • 1 Geoserver Configuration Design
  • 2 GeoServer Web Based Configuration Implementation Report
• 6 Configuration Files
  • 1 Structure
  • 2 Files

6 FAQ

7 Policies and Procedures

• 1 Code Conventions — This section provides a few general conventions for GeoServer developers, about formatting code, testing, directory structures, refactoring, and logging.
  • 1 Formatting — Information on how to format your code to match the rest of the codebase
  • 2 Subversion conventions — Recommendations for using GeoServer's SVN
  • 3 Logging — Most GeoServer logging conventions are directly inherited from GeoTools
  • 4 Refractoring — Recommendations for performing refactors of code in GeoServer
  • 5 Bug Fixing
• 2 Documentation Guidelines — run geoserver and open the config ui
• 3 Project Roles
  • 0 Project Steering Committee
  • 1 Getting Commit Status
• 4 Testing
  • 1 Unit and functional tests — Testing performed during the GeoServer build is the first safety net against bugs and regressions
  • 3 CITE tests — The CITE Conformance Tests of the Open Geospatial Consortium are the best functional tests we have of GeoServer
  • 4 Hand Testing
• 5 Change Conventions — This section contains procedures for small fixes up to major improvements
  • 1 Reporting Issues — How to report issues in GeoServer
  • 2 GeoServer Improvement Proposal — A GSIP - GeoServer Improvement Proposal is the formal mechanism used to perform any sort of major change in the GeoServer project
  • 3 Merge Procedure — Guidelines on performing merges in the codebase
• 6 Communication — The various avenues for communication within the GeoServer Project
  • 1 Mailing lists — Links for archives and subscription management
  • 2 Issue Tracker — Our JIRA issue tracker is one of the primary modes of communication
  • 3 IRC
  • 4 GeoServer Improvement Proposals — How the project communicates about large changes - a persistent mechanism that all stakeholders can comment on
• 7 Releasing — h1. Create a GeoServer Release
  • Deploying — Deploy GeoServer jars to the Maven Repository
  • Pre-Release Testing Walkthrough
  • Release Rules
• 8 Licensing
  • Contributor Agreement
  • Do I need a proprietary license FAQ

Format Options

GetLegendGraphic Improvements

Contributing to Documentation

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Writing guidelines are available:

Please read and follow these guidelines, they allow us to use your work in a proper GeoServer release.

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