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.

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
- Create a new
DictionarySymbolStyle(portalItem)with a portal item containing a MIL-STD-2525D dictionary web style. - Create a new
DictionaryRendererfrom the dictionary symbol style. - Create a new
GraphicsOverlay. - Set the dictionary renderer to the graphics overlay.
- Parse through the local XML file creating a map of key/value pairs for each block of attributes.
- Create a
Graphicfor each attribute. - Use the
_wkidkey to get the geometry’s spatial reference. - Use the
_control_pointskey to get the geometry’s shape. - 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
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module com.esri.samples.dictionary_renderer_graphics_overlay { // require ArcGIS Maps SDK for Java module requires com.esri.arcgisruntime;
// handle SLF4J http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder requires org.slf4j.nop;
// require JavaFX modules that the application uses requires javafx.graphics;
// require other modules that the application uses requires java.xml;
exports com.esri.samples.dictionary_renderer_graphics_overlay;}/* * Copyright 2017 Esri. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of * the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under * the License. */
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); }}