read geodataframe instead of shapefile

[Domingo2018]

For the class ExtendedGeometry is it possible to read a geodataframe instead of a shapefile path? This makes is easier to rename existing columns to required names without having to save the data to a new shapefile (or gml).

Greetings,

Waterschap de Dommel

update 2022-05-18:
See our code proposal in the WSDD fork of the package.