VectorLayer

Common interface for layers that render vector data (lines, polygons, points, labels) rather than rasterized image tiles. Implemented by:

• earth.worldwind.layer.mvt.MvtVectorLayer — Mapbox Vector Tiles (byte-tile vector).

• earth.worldwind.layer.BulkFeatureLayer — WFS / Shapefile / any bulk feature source.

• earth.worldwind.layer.buildings.OsmBuildingsLayer — Overpass-driven tiled 3D buildings.

Symmetric with TiledImageLayer (the marker for raster tile layers). Use it to filter:

engine.layers.filterIsInstance<VectorLayer>()
contentManager.openLayers<VectorLayer>()                  // all cached vector layers
contentManager.openLayer<VectorLayer>("MyKey")            // narrow by category

Deliberately thin — the underlying source interfaces (earth.worldwind.layer.source.TileSource for MVT bytes, earth.worldwind.layer.source.BulkFeatureSource for WFS/Shapefile, earth.worldwind.layer.source.TiledFeatureSource for tile-addressed features) are structurally too different to share a useful method set without losing type safety.

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