public function createFromApplication($appId)
{
// get the map objects "overview" and "mapframe1"
$this->mainMap = map::selectMainMapByApplication($appId);
$this->overviewMap = map::selectOverviewMapByApplication($appId);
// a wWFS is basically just a vectorlayer, and a WFSconf is just a configured WFS,
// so it makes sense to attach the WFSCONFIDstring to to the mapobject
// this clearly needs a better solution though...
try {
$ev = new ElementVar($appId, "mapframe1", "wfsConfIdString");
$this->generalExtensionArray['WFSCONFIDSTRING'] = $ev->value;
} catch (Exception $E) {
// ... exceprtions are a terribkle way to do this, but I am not going to rewrite the ElementVar class
$this->generalExtensionArray['WFSCONFIDSTRING'] = "";
}
$this->createXml();
$this->saveAsFile();
}