From ca30d3df626a23af14ac8206df3a4c6411fd0ca0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: crschmidt <crschmidt@crschmidt.net>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:31:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] map.getCenter() should return a cloned center, so that (for
 example) transforming the center doesn't break the map. patch by edgemaster,
 r=me, (Closes #1853)

git-svn-id: http://svn.openlayers.org/trunk/openlayers@8410 dc9f47b5-9b13-0410-9fdd-eb0c1a62fdaf
---
 lib/OpenLayers/Map.js | 6 +++++-
 tests/Map.html        | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Map.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Map.js
index c640895dd6..1d059fee6c 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Map.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Map.js
@@ -1330,7 +1330,11 @@ OpenLayers.Map = OpenLayers.Class({
      * {<OpenLayers.LonLat>}
      */
     getCenter: function () {
-        return this.center;
+        var center = null;
+        if (this.center) {
+            center = this.center.clone();
+        }
+        return center;
     },
 
 
diff --git a/tests/Map.html b/tests/Map.html
index 5e864f6f2b..fc53af7530 100644
--- a/tests/Map.html
+++ b/tests/Map.html
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     }
 
     function test_Map_center(t) {
-        t.plan(7);
+        t.plan(8);
         map = new OpenLayers.Map('map');
         var baseLayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS("Test Layer", 
             "http://octo.metacarta.com/cgi-bin/mapserv?",
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@
         t.ok( lonlat.equals(zero), "map center is correct after calling zoomToFullExtent" );
     */
 
+        map.getCenter().lon = 10;
+        t.ok( map.getCenter().equals(ll), "map.getCenter returns a clone of map.center");
     }
 
     function test_Map_zoomend_event (t) {