Allow publishing of an existing layer such a table from a PostGIS database

Author: jericks

src/main/java/org/geoserver/shell/FeatureTypeCommands.java

@@ -55,7 +55,21 @@ public String list(
         return builder.toString();
     }
 
-    @CliCommand(value = "featuretype create", help = "Create a feature type.")
+    @CliCommand(value = "featuretype publish", help = "Publish a feature type from an existing dataset.")
+    public boolean publish(
+            @CliOption(key = "workspace", mandatory = true, help = "The workspace") String workspace,
+            @CliOption(key = "datastore", mandatory = true, help = "The datastore") String datastore,
+            @CliOption(key = "featuretype", mandatory = true, help = "The featuretype") String featuretype
+    ) throws Exception {
+        Element rootElement = new Element("featureType");
+        rootElement.addContent(new Element("name").setText(featuretype));
+        String xml = JDOMUtil.toString(rootElement);
+        String url = geoserver.getUrl() + "/rest/workspaces/" + URLUtil.encode(workspace) + "/datastores/" + URLUtil.encode(datastore) + "/featuretypes.xml";
+        String response = HTTPUtils.postXml(url, xml, geoserver.getUser(), geoserver.getPassword());
+        return response != null;
+    }
+
+    @CliCommand(value = "featuretype create", help = "Create a new feature type.")
     public boolean create(
             @CliOption(key = "workspace", mandatory = true, help = "The workspace") String workspace,
             @CliOption(key = "datastore", mandatory = true, help = "The datastore") String datastore,

src/test/java/org/geoserver/shell/FeatureTypeCommandsTest.java

@@ -115,6 +115,24 @@ public void deleteFeatureType() throws Exception {
         verifyHttp(server).once(method(Method.DELETE), uri(url));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void publishFeatureType() throws Exception {
+        String url = "/geoserver/rest/workspaces/topp/datastores/taz_shapes/featuretypes.xml";
+        whenHttp(server).match(post(url)).then(stringContent(getResourceString("featuretypes.xml")), status(HttpStatus.OK_200));
+        Geoserver geoserver = new Geoserver("http://00.0.0.0:8888/geoserver", "admin", "geoserver");
+        FeatureTypeCommands commands = new FeatureTypeCommands();
+        commands.setGeoserver(geoserver);
+        String workspace = "topp";
+        String dataStore = "taz_shapes";
+        String featureType = "taz_soils";
+        boolean result = commands.publish(workspace, dataStore, featureType);
+        assertTrue(result);
+        String actual = server.getCalls().get(0).getPostBody();
+        String expected = "<featureType><name>taz_soils</name></featureType>";
+        assertEquals(expected, actual);
+        verifyHttp(server).once(method(Method.POST), uri(url));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void createFeatureType() throws Exception {
         String url = "/geoserver/rest/workspaces/topp/datastores/taz_shapes/featuretypes.xml";