FlatFeature

        LOGGER.finer("creating flat feature...");

        AttributeType geometryAttribute = AttributeTypeFactory.newAttributeType("testGeometry",
                LineString.class);
        LOGGER.finer("created geometry attribute");

        AttributeType booleanAttribute = AttributeTypeFactory.newAttributeType("testBoolean",
                Boolean.class);

        AttributeType charAttribute = AttributeTypeFactory.newAttributeType("testCharacter",
                Character.class);
        AttributeType byteAttribute = AttributeTypeFactory.newAttributeType("testByte",
                Byte.class);
        AttributeType shortAttribute = AttributeTypeFactory.newAttributeType("testShort",
                Short.class);
        AttributeType intAttribute = AttributeTypeFactory.newAttributeType("testInteger",
                Integer.class);
        AttributeType longAttribute = AttributeTypeFactory.newAttributeType("testLong",
                Long.class);
        AttributeType floatAttribute = AttributeTypeFactory.newAttributeType("testFloat",
                Float.class);
        AttributeType doubleAttribute = AttributeTypeFactory.newAttributeType("testDouble",
                Double.class);
        AttributeType stringAttribute = AttributeTypeFactory.newAttributeType("testString",
                String.class);

        AttributeType[] types = {
                geometryAttribute, booleanAttribute, charAttribute,
                byteAttribute, shortAttribute, intAttribute, longAttribute,
                floatAttribute, doubleAttribute, stringAttribute
            };

        // Builds the schema
        testSchema = FeatureTypeFactory.newFeatureType(types, "testSchema");

        GeometryFactory geomFac = new GeometryFactory();

        // Creates coordinates for the linestring
        Coordinate[] coords = new Coordinate[3];
        coords[0] = new Coordinate(1, 2);
        coords[1] = new Coordinate(3, 4);
        coords[2] = new Coordinate(5, 6);

        // Builds the test feature
        Object[] attributes = new Object[10];
        attributes[0] = geomFac.createLineString(coords);
        attributes[1] = new Boolean(true);
        attributes[2] = new Character('t');
        attributes[3] = new Byte("10");
        attributes[4] = new Short("101");
        attributes[5] = new Integer(1002);
        attributes[6] = new Long(10003);
        attributes[7] = new Float(10000.4);
        attributes[8] = new Double(100000.5);
        attributes[9] = "test string data";

        // Creates the feature itself
        testFeature = testSchema.create(attributes);
        LOGGER.finer("...flat feature created");