Hi,
 
We just installed the latest GeoMesa earlier this week and we have noticed a new GeoServer/WMS related problem that did not exist in either the mid-June version of GeoMesa or the January version of GeoMesa.  We are using GeoServer 2.5 and
 GeoTools 11.0.
 
I am using an SLD style for generating choropleth images (similar to a heat map) based upon GeoMesa-indexed data.  I want all null data to be ignored when I create my choropleth images, and prior to the most recent GeoMesa, I could successfully
 ignore null data if I did something analogous to the following in my SLD file:
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><sld:StyledLayerDescriptor xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/sld" xmlns:sld="http://www.opengis.net/sld" xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml" version="1.0.0">
  <sld:NamedLayer>
    <sld:Name>Default Styler</sld:Name>
    <sld:UserStyle>
      <sld:Name>Default Styler</sld:Name>
      <sld:Title>Example Title</sld:Title>
      <sld:FeatureTypeStyle>
        <sld:Name>name</sld:Name>
        <sld:Rule>
          <sld:Name>ExampleName</sld:Name>
          <ogc:Filter>
            <ogc:PropertyIsEqualTo>
              <ogc:Function name="isNull">
                <ogc:Function name="property">
                  <ogc:Function name="env">
                    <ogc:Literal>attribute</ogc:Literal>
                    <ogc:Literal>SpecificAttribute</ogc:Literal>
                  </ogc:Function>
                </ogc:Function>
              </ogc:Function>
              <ogc:Literal>false</ogc:Literal>
            </ogc:PropertyIsEqualTo>
          </ogc:Filter>
          <sld:MaxScaleDenominator>1000000.0</sld:MaxScaleDenominator>
          <sld:PolygonSymbolizer>
          …
 
I should note that I am using SLD variable substitution for the “attribute” so that I can use the same SLD style for generating choropleth images based on different attributes (using separate WMS calls). 
 
When I use the above style, GeoServer does not produce an image.  It seems to have a problem with the <ogc:Filter> portion of the style.  If I remove the <ogc:Filter> portion of the SLD style, the style works on attributes that do not have
 null data.  Is this problem a GeoMesa-related bug?  Or have we integrated the latest GeoMesa incorrectly with GeoServer?  What changes have been made since mid-June that could cause this problem?
 
 
In case it helps, the following SLD filter worked in the January version of GeoMesa, but did not work in the mid-June version.  I assumed that it was due to the GeoServer version changing, but now I am not so sure it wasn’t GeoMesa-related. 
 When I noticed that this did not work in the mid-June version, I removed the “equalTo” portion of the filter and instead created two SLD styles (my preference was to have one style, which is what I had when I used the January version).
 
          <ogc:Filter>
            <ogc:And>
              <ogc:PropertyIsEqualTo> 
                <ogc:Function name="equalTo"> 
                  <ogc:Function name="env">
                    <ogc:Literal>attribute</ogc:Literal>
                    <ogc:Literal>SpecificAttribute</ogc:Literal>
                  </ogc:Function>
                  <ogc:Literal>SpecificAttribute</ogc:Literal>
                </ogc:Function> 
                <ogc:Literal>false</ogc:Literal> 
              </ogc:PropertyIsEqualTo>
              <ogc:PropertyIsEqualTo> 
                <ogc:Function name="isNull"> 
                  <ogc:Function name="property">
                    <ogc:Function name="env">
                      <ogc:Literal>attribute</ogc:Literal>
                      <ogc:Literal>SpecificAttribute</ogc:Literal>
                    </ogc:Function>
                  </ogc:Function>
                </ogc:Function> 
                <ogc:Literal>false</ogc:Literal> 
              </ogc:PropertyIsEqualTo>
            </ogc:And>
          </ogc:Filter>
 
 
Any ideas?
 
Thanks,
 
Beau