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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Hi,<br>while working on the ShapeMergeFilter I found this because I wanted to add a <br>field for the OSM id:<br><br>MapShape extends MapLine which extends MapElement.<br>I wonder if that makes sense as MapElement contains 8 fields which are not<br>usable with shapes:<br>private String zip,country,region,city,street,phone,houseNumber,isIn;<br><br>Esp. with small shapes like small buildings these fields are quite a big memory overhead.<br><br>Doesn't Java offer a better solution for this case?<br><br>Gerd<br> </div></body>
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