public OMGeometryList findGraphics(String area_key){
  PoliticalArea area=findPoliticalArea(area_key);
  if (area == null) {
    return null;
  }
 else {
    return area.getGeometry();
  }
}

public OMGeometryList findGraphics ( String area_key ) { PoliticalArea area = findPoliticalArea ( area_key ) ; if ( area == null ) { return null ; } else { return area . getGeometry ( ) ; } }
find the graphics that are represented by an search key . if the shapefile is large , the first query will take a little extra time on the first query to read in the files .
