IFeatureClassDescription Interface

Provides access to members that control Feature Class Description.

Description

The IFeatureClassDescriptioninterface provides information to ArcCatalog in addition to what can be specified by IObjectClassDescriptionfor the creation of feature classes.

Members

Name Description
Read-only property FeatureType The esriFeatureType for the instances of this class.
Read-only property ShapeFieldName The name of the field containing the shape.

IFeatureClassDescription.FeatureType Property

The esriFeatureType for the instances of this class.

Public ReadOnly Property FeatureType As esriFeatureType
public esriFeatureType FeatureType {get;}

IFeatureClassDescription.ShapeFieldName Property

The name of the field containing the shape.

Public ReadOnly Property ShapeFieldName As String
public string ShapeFieldName {get;}

Remarks

The ShapeFieldNameshould be the name of the field defined with esriFieldTypeGeometryin the RequiredFieldsproperty of IObjectClassDescription.

Classes that implement IFeatureClassDescription

Classes Description
FeatureClassDescription Esri Feature Class Description object.
RasterCatalogClassDescription Esri RasterCatalog Class Description.

Remarks

The interface�s two properties define the FeatureTypeand ShapeFieldNamefor the feature class.

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