Render Module

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IP Check: review.txt added, all headers are in place
Releasable: no blocking issues, but feedback from potential users is appreciated
Quality Assurance: unknownwe think this is quite good; but we will get back to you later with a number
Stability: No planned MapContext API changes
Supported: Documentation available, module maintainer does watches user list, answers email.

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• Code Moved: Some of the data structures used by rendering have been moved form from main into this module
• Expression Improvements - XPath: we can finally support XPath - however performance will be different so give us feedback
• Expression Improvements - Objects: Expressions can now run against more then just Features, this means you can finally just draw normal Java Beans. We created a Data Access proposal (so renderer would know how to ask for your objects) but it was poorly received and will be removed from the 2.4 release - if you have any suggestions on how we can make this kind of functionality available to you please speak up. Right now you can make a layer with just a Collection of Objects (no fancy query supper without DataAccess)

There are also tips and tricks that should be noted:

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