--- a/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/utils/GeometryUtils.java	Wed Aug 31 13:19:29 2011 +0000
+++ b/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/utils/GeometryUtils.java	Thu Sep 01 07:04:01 2011 +0000
@@ -59,6 +59,25 @@
     public static SimpleFeatureType buildFeatureType(
         String name, String srs, Class geometryType)
     {
+        return buildFeatureType(name, srs, geometryType, null);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new SimpleFeatureType using a SimpleFeatureTypeBuilder.
+     *
+     * @param name The name of the FeatureType.
+     * @param srs The SRS (e.g. "EPSG:31466").
+     * @param geometryType The geometry type's class (e.g. Polygon.class).
+     * @param attrs Optional. An object with attribute-name/attribute-class
+     * pairs where index 0 specifies the name as string and index 1 the type
+     * as class.
+     *
+     * @return a new SimpleFeatureType.
+     */
+    public static SimpleFeatureType buildFeatureType(
+        String name, String srs, Class geometryType, Object[][] attrs)
+    {
         try {
             SimpleFeatureTypeBuilder builder = new SimpleFeatureTypeBuilder();
             CoordinateReferenceSystem crs    = CRS.decode(srs);
@@ -70,6 +89,12 @@
 
             builder.add("geometry", geometryType, crs);
 
+            if (attrs != null) {
+                for (Object[] attr: attrs) {
+                    builder.add((String) attr[0], (Class) attr[1]);
+                }
+            }
+
             return builder.buildFeatureType();
         }
         catch (NoSuchAuthorityCodeException nsae) {