Merge pull request #6814 from ahocevar/renderfeature-getgeometry

Re-add ol.render.Feature#getGeometry()

changelog/upgrade-notes.md

@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 
 ### Next release
 
-#### Removal of `ol.render.Feature#getGeometry()`
-
-The `ol.render.Feature#getGeometry()` function simply returns the feature itself. Users who relied on this function can use the `ol.render.Feature` instance directly instead.
-
 ### v4.1.0
 
 #### Adding duplicate layers to a map throws

src/ol/render/feature.js

@@ -119,8 +119,10 @@ ol.render.Feature.prototype.getFlatCoordinates =
 
 
 /**
- * Get the feature for working with its geometry.
+ * For API compatibility with {@link ol.Feature}, this method is useful when
+ * determining the geometry type in style function (see {@link #getType}).
  * @return {ol.render.Feature} Feature.
+ * @api
  */
 ol.render.Feature.prototype.getGeometry = function() {
   return this;