Describe object properties

Zusammenfassung

The Describe function returns the following properties for all Describe objects.

Eigenschaften

Eigenschaft	Erläuterung	Datentyp
baseName (Schreibgeschützt)	The file base name.	String
catalogPath (Schreibgeschützt)	The path of the data.	String
children (Schreibgeschützt)	A list of sub elements. If describing a workspace, the children property returns the contents of that workspace, including various data types such as feature classes, tables, rasters, and feature datasets.	Describe
childrenExpanded (Schreibgeschützt)	Indicates whether the children have been expanded.	Boolean
dataElementType (Schreibgeschützt)	The element type of the element.	String
dataType (Schreibgeschützt)	The type of the element.	String
extension (Schreibgeschützt)	The file extension.	String
file (Schreibgeschützt)	The file name.	String
fullPropsRetrieved (Schreibgeschützt)	Indicates whether full properties have been retrieved.	Boolean
metadataRetrieved (Schreibgeschützt)	Indicates whether the metadata has been retrieved.	Boolean
name (Schreibgeschützt)	The user-assigned name for the element.	String
path (Schreibgeschützt)	The file path.	String

Codebeispiel

Describe object properties example

Display some Describe object properties for a file geodatabase.

import arcpy

# Create a Describe object
#
desc = arcpy.Describe("C:/Data/chesapeake.gdb")

# Print some Describe Object properties
#
if hasattr(desc, "name"):
    print("Name:        " + desc.name)
if hasattr(desc, "dataType"):
    print("DataType:    " + desc.dataType)
if hasattr(desc, "catalogPath"):
    print("CatalogPath: " + desc.catalogPath)

# Examine children and print their name and dataType
#
print("Children:")
for child in desc.children:
    print("\t%s = %s" % (child.name, child.dataType))