Feature layer query

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Find features in a feature table which match an SQL query.

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Use case

Query expressions can be used in ArcGIS to select a subset of features from a feature table. This is most useful in large or complicated data sets. A possible use case might be on a feature table marking the location of street furniture through a city. A user may wish to query by a TYPE column to return "benches". In this sample, we query a U.S. state by STATE_NAME from a feature table containing all U.S. states.

How to use the sample

Input the name of a U.S. state into the text field. When you click "Search", a query is performed and the matching features are highlighted or an error is returned.

How it works

  1. Create a ServiceFeatureTable using the URL of a feature service.
  2. Create a QueryParameters with a where clause specified using setWhereClause().
  3. Perform the query using queryFeaturesAsync(query) on the service feature table.
  4. When complete, the query will return a FeatureQueryResult which can be iterated over to get the matching features.

About the data

This sample uses U.S. State polygon features from the USA 2016 Daytime Population feature service.

Relevant API

  • FeatureLayer
  • FeatureQueryResult
  • QueryParameters
  • ServiceFeatureTable

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Sample Code

FeatureLayerQuerySample.java
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package com.esri.samples.feature_layer_query;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.application.Platform;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.geometry.Pos;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Alert;
import javafx.scene.control.Alert.AlertType;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
import javafx.scene.layout.Background;
import javafx.scene.layout.BackgroundFill;
import javafx.scene.layout.CornerRadii;
import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.scene.paint.Paint;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

import com.esri.arcgisruntime.ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.data.Feature;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.data.FeatureQueryResult;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.data.QueryParameters;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.data.ServiceFeatureTable;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.Envelope;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.Point;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.SpatialReferences;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.layers.FeatureLayer;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.loadable.LoadStatus;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISMap;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.BasemapStyle;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.MapView;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.SimpleFillSymbol;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.SimpleLineSymbol;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.SimpleRenderer;

public class FeatureLayerQuerySample extends Application {

  private Alert dialog;

  private MapView mapView;
  private FeatureLayer featureLayer;
  private ServiceFeatureTable featureTable;
  private Point startPoint;
  private ListenableFuture<FeatureQueryResult> tableQueryResult;

  private final int SCALE = 100000000;

  @Override
  public void start(Stage stage) {

    try {
      // create stack pane and application scene
      StackPane stackPane = new StackPane();
      Scene scene = new Scene(stackPane);
      scene.getStylesheets().add(getClass().getResource("/feature_layer_query/style.css").toExternalForm());

      // set title, size, and add scene to stage
      stage.setTitle("Feature Layer Query 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 control panel
      VBox controlsVBox = new VBox(6);
      controlsVBox.setBackground(new Background(new BackgroundFill(Paint.valueOf("rgba(0,0,0,0.3)"), CornerRadii.EMPTY,
          Insets.EMPTY)));
      controlsVBox.setPadding(new Insets(10.0));
      controlsVBox.setMaxSize(250, 80);
      controlsVBox.getStyleClass().add("panel-region");

      // create area for searching
      Label searchLabel = new Label("Search for a State:");
      searchLabel.getStyleClass().add("panel-label");
      TextField searchField = new TextField();
      searchField.setMaxWidth(150);
      Button searchButton = new Button("Search");
      HBox searchBox = new HBox(5);
      searchBox.getChildren().addAll(searchField, searchButton);
      searchBox.setDisable(true);

      // create dialog to display alert information
      dialog = new Alert(AlertType.WARNING);

      // search for the state that was entered
      searchButton.setOnAction(e -> {
        // clear the selection of the feature
        featureLayer.clearSelection();
        String stateText = searchField.getText();

        if (stateText.trim().length() > 0) {
          searchForState(stateText);
        } else {
          dialog.setContentText("State Not Found! Add a valid state name.");
          dialog.showAndWait();
          mapView.setViewpointCenterAsync(startPoint, SCALE);
        }
      });

      // add search label and box to the control panel
      controlsVBox.getChildren().addAll(searchLabel, searchBox);

      // create a starting point for the view
      startPoint = new Point(-11000000, 5000000, SpatialReferences.getWebMercator());

      // set fill to golden color for the US states with a black color outline
      SimpleLineSymbol lineSymbol = new SimpleLineSymbol(SimpleLineSymbol.Style.SOLID, Color.BLACK, 1);
      SimpleFillSymbol fillSymbol = new SimpleFillSymbol(SimpleFillSymbol.Style.SOLID, Color.DARKGOLDENROD, lineSymbol);

      // create a service feature table
      featureTable = new ServiceFeatureTable("https://services.arcgis.com/jIL9msH9OI208GCb/arcgis/rest/services/USA_Daytime_Population_2016/FeatureServer/0");

      // create a feature layer from table
      featureLayer = new FeatureLayer(featureTable);
      featureLayer.setOpacity(0.8f);
      featureLayer.setMaxScale(10000);

      // enable search once the feature layer is loaded
      featureLayer.addDoneLoadingListener(() -> {
        if (featureLayer.getLoadStatus() == LoadStatus.LOADED) {
          searchBox.setDisable(false);
        } else {
          Alert alert = new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR, "Feature Layer Failed to Load!");
          alert.show();
        }
      });

      // set renderer for feature layer
      featureLayer.setRenderer(new SimpleRenderer(fillSymbol));

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

      // create a map view and set the map to it
      mapView = new MapView();
      mapView.setMap(map);

      // add the feature layer to the map's operational layers
      map.getOperationalLayers().add(featureLayer);

      // set viewpoint to the start point
      mapView.setViewpointCenterAsync(startPoint, SCALE);

      // add the map view and control panel to stack pane
      stackPane.getChildren().addAll(mapView, controlsVBox);
      StackPane.setAlignment(controlsVBox, Pos.TOP_LEFT);
      StackPane.setMargin(controlsVBox, new Insets(10, 0, 0, 10));
    } catch (Exception e) {
      // on any error, display the stack trace
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Searches for a US state inside the current ServiceFeatureTable.
   *
   * @param state a US state that is being searched
   */
  private void searchForState(String state) {

    // create a query for the state that was entered
    QueryParameters query = new QueryParameters();
    query.setWhereClause("upper(STATE_NAME) LIKE '" + state.toUpperCase() + "'");

    // search for the state feature in the feature table
    tableQueryResult = featureTable.queryFeaturesAsync(query);

    tableQueryResult.addDoneListener(() -> {
      try {
        // get the result from the query
        FeatureQueryResult result = tableQueryResult.get();
        // if a state feature was found
        if (result.iterator().hasNext()) {
          // get state feature and zoom to it
          Feature feature = result.iterator().next();
          Envelope envelope = feature.getGeometry().getExtent();
          mapView.setViewpointGeometryAsync(envelope, 200);

          // set the state feature to be selected
          featureLayer.selectFeature(feature);
        } else {
          Platform.runLater(() -> {
            dialog.setContentText("State Not Found! Add a valid state name.");
            dialog.showAndWait();
            mapView.setViewpointCenterAsync(startPoint, SCALE);
          });
        }
      } catch (Exception e) {
        // on any error, display the stack trace
        e.printStackTrace();
      }
    });
  }

  /**
   * 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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