Java Shapefile Converter in 11g

Question

I am looking for documentation on how to compile and run the Java Shapefile Converter that is supposedly included with Oracle 11g Spatial (referenced here: http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/spatial/index.html).
I haven't been able to find anything about it other than this post: Updated "Oracle Java Shapefile Converter"? which only pretty much says it is included and no longer a separate download. The readme that is mentioned at the end of the thread (http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/spatial/files/text_files/shape2sdojava_readme.txt) is only for 10g and I haven't been able to adapt it for 11g.
I also found a sample ShapefileToSDO file here: http://www.oracle.com/technology/sample_code/products/spatial/htdocs/sdoapi_samples/sdoapi_samples_readme.html#2
which may work but I am unable to get it to compile. The command it mentions is:
javac sample/*.java sample/adapter/*.java
but it isn't finding a lot of packages needed. I am not sure what classpath to use. I tried putting ojdbc6.jar, sdooutl.jar and sdoapi.jar in the classpath and compiling but the same package error messages came up:
"C:\sdoapi_samples>javac -classpath C:\JC_CLASSPATH\ojdbc14.jar;C:\JC_CLASSPATH\sdooutl.jar;C:\JC_CLASSPATH\sdoapi.jar C:\sdoapi_samples\sample/*.java C:\sdoapi_samples\sample/adapter/*.java
sample\SampleShapefileToSDO.java:7: package oracle.sql does not exist
import oracle.sql.STRUCT;
^
sample\SampleShapefileToSDO.java:8: package oracle.jdbc.driver does not exist
import oracle.jdbc.driver.*;
^
sample\SampleShapefileToSDO.java:9: package oracle.sdoapi does not exist
import oracle.sdoapi.OraSpatialManager;
^
sample\SampleShapefileToSDO.java:10: package oracle.sdoapi.geom does not exist
import oracle.sdoapi.geom.*;
^
sample\SampleShapefileToSDO.java:11: package oracle.sdoapi.adapter does not exis
t
import oracle.sdoapi.adapter.GeometryAdapter;
^
sample\adapter\AdapterShapefile.java:6: package oracle.sdoapi does not exist
import oracle.sdoapi.OraSpatialManager;
^
sample\adapter\AdapterShapefile.java:7: package oracle.sdoapi.adapter does not e
xist
import oracle.sdoapi.adapter.*;
^
sample\adapter\AdapterShapefile.java:8: package oracle.sdoapi.geom does not exis
t
import oracle.sdoapi.geom.*;
^
sample\adapter\AdapterShapefile.java:9: package oracle.sdoapi.sref does not exis
t
import oracle.sdoapi.sref.*;
^"...................................................
it goes on and on with 100 errors total. I am not sure what I am missing.
Thanks a lot!
Edited by: user12055867 on Oct 26, 2009 5:18 AM
Edited by: user12055867 on Oct 26, 2009 5:24 AM

Answer 1

After setting up my classpath with sdoutl.jar, sdoapi.jar and ojdbc6.jar, I ran the command:
java -cp %CLASSPATH% oracle.spatial.util.SampleShapefileToJGeomFeature -h host -p port -s orcl -u username -d password -t table -f filename -r 8307
It worked successfully, the data was entered into the DB. Unfortunately, something is wrong with it. In uDig I cannot view it due to some rendering problem and after running some validation tests on it, I saw the errors:
1. 'Geometry is required to be a LineString' for all the object names in the table
I next opened mapbuilder and loaded the same shapefile into the database under the same SRID using mapbuilder's shapefile import. in uDig, this table displayed correctly with no problems!
I followed the usage instructions for SampleShapefileToJGeom and don't see any other options which would fix this. Am I doing something wrong?
Edited by: user12055867 on Oct 28, 2009 6:26 AM
Edited by: user12055867 on Oct 28, 2009 6:26 AM
Edited by: user12055867 on Oct 28, 2009 6:55 AM