if (this.sdeSpatialFilters == null) {
GeometryEncoderSDE geometryEncoder = new GeometryEncoderSDE(this.sdeLayer,
featureType);
try {
geometryEncoder.encode(getGeometryFilter());
} catch (GeometryEncoderException e) {
throw new DataSourceException("Error parsing geometry filters: "
+ e.getMessage(), e);
}