Display a feature layer from a service using the no cache feature request mode.
Use case
ServiceFeatureTable supports three request modes, which define how features are requested from the service and stored in the local table. The feature request modes have different performance characteristics. Use no cache in scenarios where you always want the freshest data.
How to use the sample
Run the sample and pan and zoom around the map. With each interaction, new features will be requested from the service and displayed on the map.
How it works
Set the ServiceFeatureTable.FeatureRequestMode property of the service feature table to ON_INTERACTION_NO_CACHE before the table is loaded.
Add the table to the map using a FeatureLayer; features will be requested for the visible extent as the user pans and zooms.
Relevant API
FeatureLayer
ServiceFeatureTable
ServiceFeatureTable.FeatureRequestMode
About the data
The U.S. National Bridge Inventory describes 600,000 bridges in the United States. The sample uses US Bridges, a modified copy of the U.S. National Bridge Inventory hosted on ArcGIS Online. The sample opens with an initial visible extent centered over Bridgeport, CT.
Additional information
In no cache mode, features are automatically populated from the service for the visible extent. Each time the user pans and zooms, features are downloaded for the visible extent. Features are still cached in a local geodatabase for display, but the cache will always be populated with the latest data after navigation.
NOTE: No cache does not guarantee that features won't be cached locally; feature request mode is a performance concept unrelated to data security.
Tags
cache, feature request mode, performance
Sample Code
ServiceFeatureTableNoCacheSample.java
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*/package com.esri.samples.service_feature_table_no_cache;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Alert;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.data.ServiceFeatureTable;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.Envelope;
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.Viewpoint;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.MapView;
publicclassServiceFeatureTableNoCacheSampleextendsApplication{
private FeatureLayer featureLayer;
private MapView mapView;
private ServiceFeatureTable serviceFeatureTable; // keep loadable in scope to avoid garbage collection@Overridepublicvoidstart(Stage stage){
try {
// create stack pane and application scene StackPane stackPane = new StackPane();
Scene scene = new Scene(stackPane);
// set title, size, and add scene to stage stage.setTitle("Service Feature Table No Cache 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 with the light gray basemap style ArcGISMap map = new ArcGISMap(BasemapStyle.ARCGIS_LIGHT_GRAY);
// create a map view and set the map to it mapView = new MapView();
mapView.setMap(map);
// set a viewpoint on the map view mapView.setViewpoint(new Viewpoint(new Envelope(-140.740858094945, 14.1552479740679, -47.693259181055,
64.8874243113506, SpatialReferences.getWgs84())));
// create the service feature table serviceFeatureTable = new ServiceFeatureTable("https://services2.arcgis.com/ZQgQTuoyBrtmoGdP/arcgis/rest/services/US_Bridges/FeatureServer/0");
// explicitly set the mode to no cache serviceFeatureTable.setFeatureRequestMode(ServiceFeatureTable.FeatureRequestMode.ON_INTERACTION_NO_CACHE);
// wait for the service feature table to load serviceFeatureTable.loadAsync();
serviceFeatureTable.addDoneLoadingListener(() -> {
if (serviceFeatureTable.getLoadStatus() == LoadStatus.LOADED) {
// create the feature layer using the service feature table featureLayer = new FeatureLayer(serviceFeatureTable);
// add the feature layer to the map's operational layers map.getOperationalLayers().add(featureLayer);
} else {
new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR, "Error loading Service Feature Table").show();
}
});
// add the map view to stack pane stackPane.getChildren().addAll(mapView);
} catch (Exception e) {
// on any error, display the stack trace e.printStackTrace();
}
}
/**
* Stops and releases all resources used in application.
*/@Overridepublicvoidstop(){
if (mapView != null) {
mapView.dispose();
}
}
/**
* Opens and runs application.
*
* @param args arguments passed to this application
*/publicstaticvoidmain(String[] args){
Application.launch(args);
}
}