Dictionary renderer with graphics overlay

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Create graphics from an XML file with key-value pairs for each graphic, and display the military symbols using a MIL-STD-2525D web style in 2D.

Image of dictionary renderer graphics overlay

Use case

Use a dictionary renderer on a graphics overlay to display more transient data, such as military messages coming through a local tactical network.

How to use the sample

Run the sample and view the military symbols on the map.

How it works

  1. Create a new DictionarySymbolStyle(portalItem) with a portal item containing a MIL-STD-2525D dictionary web style.
  2. Create a new DictionaryRenderer from the dictionary symbol style.
  3. Create a new GraphicsOverlay.
  4. Set the dictionary renderer to the graphics overlay.
  5. Parse through the local XML file creating a map of key/value pairs for each block of attributes.
  6. Create a Graphic for each attribute.
  7. Use the _wkid key to get the geometry's spatial reference.
  8. Use the _control_points key to get the geometry's shape.
  9. Add the graphic to the graphics overlay.

Relevant API

  • DictionaryRenderer
  • DictionarySymbolStyle
  • GraphicsOverlay

About the data

The dictionary symbol style in this sample is constructed from a portal item containing a MIL-STD-2525D symbol dictionary web style. This ArcGIS Web Style is used to build custom applications that incorporate the MIL-STD-2525D symbol dictionary. This style supports a configuration for modeling locations as ordered anchor points or full geometries.

Tags

defense, military, situational awareness, tactical, visualization

Sample Code

DictionaryRendererGraphicsOverlaySample.java
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package com.esri.samples.dictionary_renderer_graphics_overlay;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Alert;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
import java.util.stream.Stream;

import com.esri.arcgisruntime.ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.Multipoint;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.Point;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.PointCollection;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.SpatialReference;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.loadable.LoadStatus;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISMap;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.BasemapStyle;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.Graphic;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.GraphicsOverlay;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.MapView;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.portal.Portal;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.portal.PortalItem;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.DictionaryRenderer;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.DictionarySymbolStyle;

public class DictionaryRendererGraphicsOverlaySample extends Application {

  private MapView mapView;
  private GraphicsOverlay graphicsOverlay;

  @Override
  public void start(Stage stage) {
    try {
    // create stack pane and application scene
    var stackPane = new StackPane();
    var scene = new Scene(stackPane);

    // set title, size, and add scene to stage
    stage.setTitle("Dictionary Renderer Graphics Overlay Sample");
    stage.setWidth(800);
    stage.setHeight(700);
    stage.setScene(scene);
    stage.show();

    // authentication with an API key or named user is required to access basemaps and other location services
    String yourAPIKey = System.getProperty("apiKey");
    ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment.setApiKey(yourAPIKey);

    // create a map view
    mapView = new MapView();
    // create a map with the topographic basemap style
    ArcGISMap map = new ArcGISMap(BasemapStyle.ARCGIS_TOPOGRAPHIC);

    graphicsOverlay = new GraphicsOverlay();
    // graphics no longer show after zooming passed this scale
    graphicsOverlay.setMinScale(1000000);
    mapView.getGraphicsOverlays().add(graphicsOverlay);

    // create the dictionary symbol style from the Joint Military Symbology MIL-STD-2525D portal item
    var portalItem = new PortalItem(new Portal("https://www.arcgis.com/", false), "d815f3bdf6e6452bb8fd153b654c94ca");
    var dictionarySymbolStyle = new DictionarySymbolStyle(portalItem);

    // add done loading listeners to the map and dictionary symbol style and check they have loaded
    map.addDoneLoadingListener(() -> {
      if (map.getLoadStatus() == LoadStatus.LOADED) {
        dictionarySymbolStyle.addDoneLoadingListener(() -> {
          if (dictionarySymbolStyle.getLoadStatus() == LoadStatus.LOADED) {

            // find the first configuration setting which has the property name "model",
            // and set its value to "ORDERED ANCHOR POINTS"
            dictionarySymbolStyle.getConfigurations().stream()
              .filter(configuration -> configuration.getName().equals("model"))
              .findFirst()
              .ifPresent(modelConfiguration -> modelConfiguration.setValue("ORDERED ANCHOR POINTS"));

            // create a new dictionary renderer from the dictionary symbol style to render graphics
            // with symbol dictionary attributes and set it to the graphics overlay renderer
            var dictionaryRenderer = new DictionaryRenderer(dictionarySymbolStyle);
            graphicsOverlay.setRenderer(dictionaryRenderer);

            // parse graphic attributes from an XML file following the mil2525d specification
            try {
              List<Map<String, Object>> messages = parseMessages();

              // create graphics with attributes and add to graphics overlay
              List<Graphic> graphics = messages.stream()
                .map(DictionaryRendererGraphicsOverlaySample::createGraphic)
                .collect(Collectors.toList());
              graphicsOverlay.getGraphics().addAll(graphics);
              // set the viewpoint to the extent of the graphics overlay
              mapView.setViewpointGeometryAsync(graphicsOverlay.getExtent());

            } catch (Exception e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
            }
          } else {
            new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR,
              "Failed to load symbol style " + dictionarySymbolStyle.getLoadError().getCause().getMessage()).show();
          }
        });
      } else {
        new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR, "Map failed to load" + map.getLoadError().getCause().getMessage()).show();
      }
      // load the dictionary symbol style once the map has loaded
      dictionarySymbolStyle.loadAsync();
    });

    // set the map to the map view and add the map view to the stack pane
    mapView.setMap(map);
    stackPane.getChildren().add(mapView);

    } catch (Exception ex) {
      // on any exception, print the stacktrace
      ex.printStackTrace();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Parses a XML file following the mil2525d specification and creates a message for each block of attributes found.
   */
  private List<Map<String, Object>> parseMessages() throws Exception {

    File mil2525dFile = new File(System.getProperty("data.dir"), "./samples-data/xml/Mil2525DMessages.xml");
    var documentBuilderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
    var documentBuilder = documentBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
    var document = documentBuilder.parse(mil2525dFile);
    document.getDocumentElement().normalize();

    final List<Map<String, Object>> messages = new ArrayList<>();

    for (int i = 0; i < document.getElementsByTagName("message").getLength(); i++) {
      Node message = document.getElementsByTagName("message").item(i);

      Map<String, Object> attributes = new HashMap<>();

      NodeList childNodes = message.getChildNodes();
      for (int j = 0; j < childNodes.getLength(); j++) {
        attributes.put(childNodes.item(j).getNodeName(), childNodes.item(j).getTextContent());
      }
      messages.add(attributes);
    }

    return messages;
  }

  /**
   * Creates a graphic using a symbol dictionary and the attributes that were passed.
   *
   * @param attributes tells symbol dictionary what symbol to apply to graphic
   */
  private static Graphic createGraphic(Map<String, Object> attributes) {

    // get spatial reference
    int wkid = Integer.parseInt((String) attributes.get("_wkid"));
    SpatialReference sr = SpatialReference.create(wkid);

    // get points from the coordinate string in the "_control_points" attribute (delimited with ';')
    PointCollection points = new PointCollection(sr);
    String[] coordinates = ((String) attributes.get("_control_points")).split(";");
    Stream.of(coordinates)
      .map(cs -> cs.split(","))
      .map(c -> new Point(Double.parseDouble(c[0]), Double.parseDouble(c[1]), sr))
      .collect(Collectors.toCollection(() -> points));

    // return a graphic with multipoint geometry
    return new Graphic(new Multipoint(points), attributes);
  }

  /**
   * Stops and releases all resources used in application.
   */
  @Override
  public void stop() {

    if (mapView != null) {
      mapView.dispose();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Opens and runs application.
   *
   * @param args arguments passed to this application
   */
  public static void main(String[] args) {

    Application.launch(args);
  }
}

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