Method Overview
| Name | Return Type | Summary | Object | |
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| Geometry | Creates a new instance of an appropriate Geometry class and initializes it with values from a JSON object generated from a product in the ArcGIS platform. more details | more details | jsonUtils | |
| String | Returns the type for a given geometry in the JSON format used by the ArcGIS platform. more details | more details | jsonUtils |
Method Details
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fromJSON(json){Geometry}
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Creates a new instance of an appropriate Geometry class and initializes it with values from a JSON object generated from a product in the ArcGIS platform. The object passed into the input
jsonparameter often comes from a response to a query operation in the REST API or a toJSON() method from another ArcGIS product. See the Using fromJSON() topic in the Guide for details and examples of when and how to use this function.Parameter:json ObjectA JSON representation of the instance in the ArcGIS format. See the ArcGIS REST API documentation for examples of the structure of various input JSON objects.
Returns:Type Description Geometry Returns a new instance of an appropriate Geometry class.
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getJsonType(geometry){String}
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Returns the type for a given geometry in the JSON format used by the ArcGIS platform. This only applies to geometries that can be processed by the server.
Parameter:geometry GeometryThe input geometry object.
Returns:Type Description String Returns the type as represented on the server.