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Class: LocationProviderBase

require(["esri/tasks/locationproviders/LocationProviderBase"], function(LocationProviderBase) { /* code goes here */ });

Description

(Added at v3.12)
(Currently in beta)
The base class for all LocationProviders. This class has no constructor. A provider takes a set of records or features that do not have a geometry associated with it and locates or generates a geometry based on an attribute field that contains some location information such as Street, City or Zip code.

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Properties

NameTypeSummary
geometryTypeStringThe geometry type of the returned features.
loadedBooleanReturns true when the load event has been fired.

Methods

NameReturn typeSummary
locate(features, options?)DeferredAssigns geometries to the array of Graphic objects.

Events

[ On Style Events | Connect Style Event ]
All On Style event listeners receive a single event object. Additionally, the event object also contains a 'target' property whose value is the object which fired the event.

Events

NameEvent ObjectSummary
error
{
  error: <Error>
}
Fires when an error occurs during locate.
loadFires after the provider has loaded.
locate-complete
{
  failed: <Graphic[]>,
  features: <Graphic[]>
}
Fires when the locate has completed.
locate-progress
{
  features: <Graphic[]>
}
Fires when the locate() method is in progress.
Property Details

<String> geometryType

The geometry type of the returned features.
Known values: "esriGeometryPoint" | "esriGeometryPolygon" | "esriGeometryPolyline"

<Boolean> loaded

Returns true when the load event has been fired.
Known values: true | false
Method Details

locate(features, options?)

Assigns geometries to the array of Graphic objects.
Return type: Deferred
Parameters:
<Graphic[]> features Required An array of Graphic objects.
<Object> options Optional Optional parameters. See the Object Specifications table below for the structure of the options object.
Object Specifications:
<options>
<SpatialReference> outSpatialReference Required Spatial reference of the output geometry. Defaults to 4326 when not provided.
<Boolean> useExistingGeometries Required A property to notify whether geometry should be located for Graphic object that already has a geometry. The default value is false.
Event Details
[ On Style Events | Connect Style Event ]

error

Fires when an error occurs during locate.
Event Object Properties:
<Error> error Error message returned in a JavaScript error object.

load

Fires after the provider has loaded. The locate method can be called after this event.

locate-complete

Fires when the locate has completed.
Event Object Properties:
<Graphic[]> failed An array of the features that failed to complete successfully.
<Graphic[]> features An array of the completed features.

locate-progress

Fires when the locate() method is in progress.
Event Object Properties:
<Graphic[]> features A status message.
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