EncodedPolyline: Allow setting geometryType to "point

lib/OpenLayers/Format/EncodedPolyline.js

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ OpenLayers.Format.EncodedPolyline = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format, {
     /**
      * APIProperty: geometryType
      * {String} Geometry type to output. One of: linestring (default),
-     *     linearring, multipoint or polygon
+     *     linearring, point, multipoint or polygon. If the geometryType is
+     *     point, only the first point of the string is returned.
      */
     geometryType: "linestring",
 
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.EncodedPolyline = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format, {
             geomType = OpenLayers.Geometry.LinearRing;
         else if (this.geometryType == "multipoint")
             geomType = OpenLayers.Geometry.MultiPoint;
-        else if (this.geometryType != "polygon")
+        else if (this.geometryType != "point" && this.geometryType != "polygon")
             return null;
 
         var points = this.decode(encoded, 2);
@@ -70,6 +71,11 @@ OpenLayers.Format.EncodedPolyline = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format, {
             );
         }
 
+        if (this.geometryType == "point")
+            return new OpenLayers.Feature.Vector(
+                pointGeometries[0]
+            );
+
         if (this.geometryType == "polygon")
             return new OpenLayers.Feature.Vector(
                 new OpenLayers.Geometry.Polygon([

tests/Format/EncodedPolyline.html

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     }
 
     function test_Format_EncodedPolyline_read(t) {
-        t.plan(4);
+        t.plan(5);
 
         var format = new OpenLayers.Format.EncodedPolyline();
 
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@
         format.geometryType = "polygon";
         t.ok(polygon.geometry.equals(format.read(encoded).geometry),
              "format correctly reads encoded polygon");
+
+        format.geometryType = "point";
+        t.ok(points[0].equals(format.read(encoded).geometry),
+             "format correctly reads encoded point");
     }
 
     function test_Format_EncodedPolyline_decode(t) {