}
// if it's a geometry column, just return the metadata
if (assertStreamingGeometryColumn(entity, false))
{
GeometryStreamMetadata gsm = (GeometryStreamMetadata) getGeometryData(entity, GeomStreamComponent.TILE_DESCRIPTORS, null);
AttributeColumnData result = new AttributeColumnData();
result.id = entity.id;
result.metadata = entity.publicMetadata;
result.metadataTileDescriptors = gsm.metadataTileDescriptors;
result.geometryTileDescriptors = gsm.geometryTileDescriptors;