Class: Vector

ol.source.Vector

Provides a source of features for vector layers. Vector features provided by this source are suitable for editing. See ol.source.VectorTile for vector data that is optimized for rendering.

new ol.source.Vector(opt_options)

src/ol/source/vector.js, line 36
Name Type Description
options

Vector source options.

Name Type Description
attributions ol.AttributionLike | undefined

Attributions.

features Array.<ol.Feature> | ol.Collection.<ol.Feature> | undefined

Features. If provided as ol.Collection, the features in the source and the collection will stay in sync.

format ol.format.Feature | undefined experimental

The feature format used by the XHR feature loader when url is set. Required if url is set, otherwise ignored. Default is undefined.

loader ol.FeatureLoader | undefined experimental

The loader function used to load features, from a remote source for example. If this is not set and url is set, the source will create and use an XHR feature loader.

logo string | olx.LogoOptions | undefined

Logo.

overlaps boolean | undefined experimental

This source may have overlapping geometries. Default is true. Setting this to false (e.g. for sources with polygons that represent administrative boundaries or TopoJSON sources) allows the renderer to optimise fill and stroke operations.

strategy ol.LoadingStrategy | undefined experimental

The loading strategy to use. By default an ol.loadingstrategy.all strategy is used, a one-off strategy which loads all features at once.

url string | ol.FeatureUrlFunction | undefined experimental

Setting this option instructs the source to load features using an XHR loader (see ol.featureloader.xhr). Use a string and an ol.loadingstrategy.all for a one-off download of all features from the given URL. Use a ol.FeatureUrlFunction to generate the url with other loading strategies. Requires format to be set as well. When default XHR feature loader is provided, the features will be transformed from the data projection to the view projection during parsing. If your remote data source does not advertise its projection properly, this transformation will be incorrect. For some formats, the default projection (usually EPSG:4326) can be overridden by setting the defaultDataProjection constructor option on the format. Note that if a source contains non-feature data, such as a GeoJSON geometry or a KML NetworkLink, these will be ignored. Use a custom loader to load these.

useSpatialIndex boolean | undefined experimental

By default, an RTree is used as spatial index. When features are removed and added frequently, and the total number of features is low, setting this to false may improve performance.

Note that ol.source.Vector#getFeaturesInExtent, ol.source.Vector#getClosestFeatureToCoordinate and ol.source.Vector#getExtent cannot be used when useSpatialIndex is set to false, and ol.source.Vector#forEachFeatureInExtent will loop through all features.

When set to false, the features will be maintained in an ol.Collection, which can be retrieved through ol.source.Vector#getFeaturesCollection.

The default is true.

wrapX boolean | undefined experimental

Wrap the world horizontally. Default is true. For vector editing across the -180° and 180° meridians to work properly, this should be set to false. The resulting geometry coordinates will then exceed the world bounds.

Fires:

Subclasses

Extends

Classes

Event

Methods

addFeature(feature)

src/ol/source/vector.js, line 162

Add a single feature to the source. If you want to add a batch of features at once, call source.addFeatures() instead.

Name Type Description
feature ol.Feature

Feature to add.

addFeatures(features)

src/ol/source/vector.js, line 244

Add a batch of features to the source.

Name Type Description
features Array.<ol.Feature>

Features to add.

changed() inherited experimental

src/ol/observable.js, line 58

Increases the revision counter and dispatches a 'change' event.

clear(opt_fast)

src/ol/source/vector.js, line 344

Remove all features from the source.

Name Type Description
fast boolean

Skip dispatching of removefeature events.

dispatchEvent(event) inherited experimental

src/ol/observable.js, line 75

Dispatches an event and calls all listeners listening for events of this type. The event parameter can either be a string or an Object with a type property.

Name Type Description
event Object | ol.events.Event | string

Event object.

forEachFeature(callback, opt_this){S|undefined}

src/ol/source/vector.js, line 397

Iterate through all features on the source, calling the provided callback with each one. If the callback returns any "truthy" value, iteration will stop and the function will return the same value.

Name Type Description
callback function

Called with each feature on the source. Return a truthy value to stop iteration.

this T

The object to use as this in the callback.

Returns:
The return value from the last call to the callback.

forEachFeatureInExtent(extent, callback, opt_this){S|undefined} experimental

src/ol/source/vector.js, line 454

Iterate through all features whose bounding box intersects the provided extent (note that the feature's geometry may not intersect the extent), calling the callback with each feature. If the callback returns a "truthy" value, iteration will stop and the function will return the same value.

If you are interested in features whose geometry intersects an extent, call the source.forEachFeatureIntersectingExtent() method instead.

When useSpatialIndex is set to false, this method will loop through all features, equivalent to ol.source.Vector#forEachFeature.

Name Type Description
extent ol.Extent

Extent.

callback function

Called with each feature whose bounding box intersects the provided extent.

this T

The object to use as this in the callback.

Returns:
The return value from the last call to the callback.

forEachFeatureIntersectingExtent(extent, callback, opt_this){S|undefined} experimental

src/ol/source/vector.js, line 480

Iterate through all features whose geometry intersects the provided extent, calling the callback with each feature. If the callback returns a "truthy" value, iteration will stop and the function will return the same value.

If you only want to test for bounding box intersection, call the source.forEachFeatureInExtent() method instead.

Name Type Description
extent ol.Extent

Extent.

callback function

Called with each feature whose geometry intersects the provided extent.

this T

The object to use as this in the callback.

Returns:
The return value from the last call to the callback.

get(key){*} inherited

src/ol/object.js, line 148

Gets a value.

Name Type Description
key string

Key name.

Returns:
Value.

getAttributions(){Array.<ol.Attribution>} inherited

src/ol/source/source.js, line 111

Get the attributions of the source.

Returns:
Attributions.

getClosestFeatureToCoordinate(coordinate, opt_filter){ol.Feature}

src/ol/source/vector.js, line 578

Get the closest feature to the provided coordinate.

This method is not available when the source is configured with useSpatialIndex set to false.

Name Type Description
coordinate ol.Coordinate

Coordinate.

filter function

Feature filter function. The filter function will receive one argument, the feature and it should return a boolean value. By default, no filtering is made.

Returns:
Closest feature.

getExtent(){ol.Extent}

src/ol/source/vector.js, line 634

Get the extent of the features currently in the source.

This method is not available when the source is configured with useSpatialIndex set to false.

Returns:
Extent.

getFeatureById(id){ol.Feature}

src/ol/source/vector.js, line 650

Get a feature by its identifier (the value returned by feature.getId()). Note that the index treats string and numeric identifiers as the same. So source.getFeatureById(2) will return a feature with id '2' or 2.

Name Type Description
id string | number

Feature identifier.

Returns:
The feature (or null if not found).

getFeatures(){Array.<ol.Feature>}

src/ol/source/vector.js, line 518

Get all features on the source in random order.

Returns:
Features.

getFeaturesAtCoordinate(coordinate){Array.<ol.Feature>}

src/ol/source/vector.js, line 539

Get all features whose geometry intersects the provided coordinate.

Name Type Description
coordinate ol.Coordinate

Coordinate.

Returns:
Features.

getFeaturesCollection(){ol.Collection.<ol.Feature>} experimental

src/ol/source/vector.js, line 508

Get the features collection associated with this source. Will be null unless the source was configured with useSpatialIndex set to false, or with an ol.Collection as features.

Returns:
The collection of features.

getFeaturesInExtent(extent){Array.<ol.Feature>} experimental

src/ol/source/vector.js, line 559

Get all features in the provided extent. Note that this returns an array of all features intersecting the given extent in random order (so it may include features whose geometries do not intersect the extent).

This method is not available when the source is configured with useSpatialIndex set to false.

Name Type Description
extent ol.Extent

Extent.

Returns:
Features.

getFormat(){ol.format.Feature|undefined} experimental

src/ol/source/vector.js, line 662

Get the format associated with this source.

Returns:
The feature format.

getKeys(){Array.<string>} inherited

src/ol/object.js, line 162

Get a list of object property names.

Returns:
List of property names.
src/ol/source/source.js, line 121

Get the logo of the source.

Returns:
Logo.

getProjection(){ol.proj.Projection} inherited experimental

src/ol/source/source.js, line 131

Get the projection of the source.

Returns:
Projection.

getProperties(){Object.<string, *>} inherited

src/ol/object.js, line 172

Get an object of all property names and values.

Returns:
Object.

getRevision(){number} inherited experimental

src/ol/observable.js, line 84

Get the version number for this object. Each time the object is modified, its version number will be incremented.

Returns:
Revision.

getState(){ol.source.State} inherited experimental

src/ol/source/source.js, line 148

Get the state of the source, see ol.source.State for possible states.

Returns:
State.

getUrl(){string|ol.FeatureUrlFunction|undefined} experimental

src/ol/source/vector.js, line 681

Get the url associated with this source.

Returns:
The url.

on(type, listener, opt_this){ol.EventsKey|Array.<ol.EventsKey>} inherited

src/ol/observable.js, line 99

Listen for a certain type of event.

Name Type Description
type string | Array.<string>

The event type or array of event types.

listener function

The listener function.

this Object

The object to use as this in listener.

Returns:
Unique key for the listener. If called with an array of event types as the first argument, the return will be an array of keys.

once(type, listener, opt_this){ol.EventsKey|Array.<ol.EventsKey>} inherited

src/ol/observable.js, line 124

Listen once for a certain type of event.

Name Type Description
type string | Array.<string>

The event type or array of event types.

listener function

The listener function.

this Object

The object to use as this in listener.

Returns:
Unique key for the listener. If called with an array of event types as the first argument, the return will be an array of keys.

refresh() inherited experimental

src/ol/source/source.js, line 165

Refreshes the source and finally dispatches a 'change' event.

removeFeature(feature)

src/ol/source/vector.js, line 790

Remove a single feature from the source. If you want to remove all features at once, use the source.clear() method instead.

Name Type Description
feature ol.Feature

Feature to remove.

set(key, value, opt_silent) inherited

src/ol/object.js, line 197

Sets a value.

Name Type Description
key string

Key name.

value *

Value.

silent boolean

Update without triggering an event.

setAttributions(attributions) inherited experimental

src/ol/source/source.js, line 177

Set the attributions of the source.

Name Type Description
attributions ol.AttributionLike | undefined

Attributions. Can be passed as string, Array<string>, ol.Attribution, Array<ol.Attribution> or undefined.

setProperties(values, opt_silent) inherited

src/ol/object.js, line 217

Sets a collection of key-value pairs. Note that this changes any existing properties and adds new ones (it does not remove any existing properties).

Name Type Description
values Object.<string, *>

Values.

silent boolean

Update without triggering an event.

un(type, listener, opt_this) inherited

src/ol/observable.js, line 147

Unlisten for a certain type of event.

Name Type Description
type string | Array.<string>

The event type or array of event types.

listener function

The listener function.

this Object

The object which was used as this by the listener.

unByKey(key) inherited

src/ol/observable.js, line 168

Removes an event listener using the key returned by on() or once(). Note that using the ol.Observable.unByKey static function is to be preferred.

Name Type Description
key ol.EventsKey | Array.<ol.EventsKey>

The key returned by on() or once() (or an array of keys).

unset(key, opt_silent) inherited

src/ol/object.js, line 231

Unsets a property.

Name Type Description
key string

Key name.

silent boolean

Unset without triggering an event.