IFeatureClassName Interface

Provides access to members that return information about the feature class.

When To Use

Use the IFeatureClassName object when you are looking for feature classes and you want basic information about the feature class like shape field name and shape type for a feature class.

Members

Name Description
Read/write property FeatureDatasetName The Feature Dataset Name object.
Read/write property FeatureType The feature type for this feature class name.
Read/write property ShapeFieldName The spatial column name for this feature class name.
Read/write property ShapeType The feature class shape type.

IFeatureClassName.FeatureDatasetName Property

The Feature Dataset Name object.

Public Property FeatureDatasetName As IDatasetName
public IDatasetName FeatureDatasetName {get; set;}

IFeatureClassName.FeatureType Property

The feature type for this feature class name.

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

IFeatureClassName.ShapeFieldName Property

The spatial column name for this feature class name.

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

IFeatureClassName.ShapeType Property

The feature class shape type.

Public Property ShapeType As esriGeometryType
public esriGeometryType ShapeType {get; set;}

Classes that implement IFeatureClassName

Classes Description
FeatureQueryName Esri Feature Query Name object.
XYEventSourceName A name object that defines the objects needed to create an XY event layer.

Remarks

The IFeatureClassName includes the FeatureType, the ShapeType, the ShapeFieldName, and the name object for the parent feature dataset in the case of feature classes that are contained within a feature dataset. Note that this last property is null for standalone feature classes.

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