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