Print Field Information of Feature Class Esri ArcObjects Snippets - Series

Esri ArcObjects Snippets - Series

Print Field Information of Feature Class

 static void displayFields(IFeatureClass featureClass) throws Exception {  
           IFields fields = featureClass.getFields();  
           IField field;  
           for (int i = 0; i < fields.getFieldCount(); i++) {  
                field = fields.getField(i);  
                displayFieldInformation(field);  
           }  
      }  
      static void displayFieldInformation(IField field) throws Exception {  
           // Physical name.  
           System.out.println("Name : " + field.getName());  
           // Alias name.  
           System.out.println("Alias Name : " + field.getAliasName());  
           // Field type.  
           String value = "";  
           switch (field.getType()) {  
           case esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeSmallInteger:  
                value = "Small Integer";  
                break;  
           case esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeInteger:  
                value = "Long Integer";  
                break;  
           case esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeSingle:  
                value = "Single-precision floating-point number";  
                break;  
           case esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeDouble:  
                value = "Double-precision floating-point number";  
                break;  
           case esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeString:  
                value = "Character string";  
                break;  
           case esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeDate:  
                value = "Date";  
                break;  
           case esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeOID:  
                value = "Long Integer representing an object identifier";  
                break;  
           case esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeGeometry:  
                value = "Geometry";  
                break;  
           case esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeBlob:  
                value = "Binary Large Object, Blob Storage";  
                break;  
           case esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeRaster:  
                value = "Raster";  
                break;  
           case esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeGUID:  
                value = "Globally Unique Identifier";  
                break;  
           case esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeGlobalID:  
                value = "ESRI Global ID";  
                break;  
           case esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeXML:  
                value = "XML Document";  
                break;  
           }  
           System.out.println("Type : " + value);  
           // Field length—this is only valid for fields of Type  
           // esriFieldTypeString.  
           System.out.println("Length : " + field.getLength());  
           // Field precision.  
           System.out.println("Precision : " + field.getPrecision());  
           // Field scale.  
           System.out.println("Scale : " + field.getScale());  
           // Editable.  
           System.out.println("Editable : " + field.isEditable());  
           // Default value.  
           System.out.println("Default Value : " + field.getDefaultValue());  
           IGeometryDef geomDef = field.getGeometryDef();  
           if (geomDef != null) {  
                System.out.println("GeometryDef Properties");  
                System.out.println("AvgNumPoints : " + geomDef.getAvgNumPoints());  
                System.out.println("Grid Count : " + geomDef.getGridCount());  
                for (int i = 0; i < geomDef.getGridCount(); i++) {  
                     System.out.println("Grid Size[" + i + "]="  
                               + geomDef.getGridSize(i));  
                }  
                System.out.println("Has Measures : " + geomDef.isHasM());  
                System.out.println("Has Z : " + geomDef.isHasZ());  
                System.out.println("Spatial Ref : "  
                          + geomDef.getSpatialReference().getName());  
           }  
           System.out.println("");  
      }  

This code has been made using ESRI Resources and other Help Content and is provided here just for educational purpose.