Call setGeometryName on the feature

src/ol/format/gmlformat.js

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ ol.format.GML.prototype.readGeometryFromNode = function(node) {
  */
 ol.format.GML.prototype.readFeature_ = function(node, objectStack) {
   var n;
-  var values = {};
+  var values = {}, geometryName;
   for (n = node.firstElementChild; !goog.isNull(n);
       n = n.nextElementSibling) {
     // Assume attribute elements have one child node and that the child
@@ -147,10 +147,15 @@ ol.format.GML.prototype.readFeature_ = function(node, objectStack) {
         n.firstChild.nodeType === 3)) {
       values[ol.xml.getLocalName(n)] = ol.xml.getAllTextContent(n, false);
     } else {
-      values[ol.xml.getLocalName(n)] = this.readGeometryFromNode(n);
+      geometryName = ol.xml.getLocalName(n);
+      values[geometryName] = this.readGeometryFromNode(n);
     }
   }
-  return new ol.Feature(values);
+  var feature = new ol.Feature(values);
+  if (goog.isDef(geometryName)) {
+    feature.setGeometryName(geometryName);
+  }
+  return feature;
 };
 
 

test/spec/ol/format/gmlformat.test.js

@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ describe('ol.format.GML', function() {
     it('creates a polygon for Illinois', function() {
       feature = features[0];
       expect(feature.get('STATE_NAME')).to.equal('Illinois');
-      expect(feature.get('the_geom')).to.be.an(ol.geom.MultiPolygon);
+      expect(feature.getGeometry()).to.be.an(ol.geom.MultiPolygon);
     });
 
   });