ToJson Method—ArcGIS Pro

Serializes this geometry instance into an ArcGIS JSON geometry representation.

Syntax

C#
Visual Basic (Declaration)

public string ToJson( 
   bool skipSR
)

Public Function ToJson( _
   Optional ByVal skipSR As Boolean _
) As String

Parameters

skipSR: (Optional) Indicates if the spatial reference is to be skipped in the JSON output string. Default value is false.

Return Value

Geometry represented as a JSON string.

Remarks

Note that if the geometry contains ID information, this property will not be preserved in the JSON string. ID is not part of the JSON specification.

Example

// MapPoint
string inputString = "{\"x\":1,\"y\":2,\"spatialReference\":{\"wkid\":4326,\"latestWkid\":4326}}";
Geometry geometry = GeometryEngine.Instance.ImportFromJSON(JSONImportFlags.jsonImportDefaults, inputString);

MapPoint importPoint = geometry as MapPoint;
// importPoint = 1, 2
// importPoint.SpatialReference.WKid = 4326

// use the MapPointBuilder convenience method
MapPoint importPoint2 = MapPointBuilder.FromJson(inputString);
// importPoint2 = 1, 2
// impointPoint2.SpatialReference.Wkid = 4326

string outputString = GeometryEngine.Instance.ExportToJSON(JSONExportFlags.jsonExportDefaults, importPoint);
// outputString =  "{\"x\":1,\"y\":2,\"spatialReference\":{\"wkid\":4326,\"latestWkid\":4326}}"

string outputString2 = importPoint.ToJson();

inputString = "{\"spatialReference\":{\"wkid\":4326},\"z\":3,\"m\":4,\"x\":1,\"y\":2}";
importPoint = GeometryEngine.Instance.ImportFromJSON(JSONImportFlags.jsonImportDefaults, inputString) as MapPoint;
// importPoint.HasM = true
// importPoint.HasZ = true
// importPoint.X = 1
// importPoint.Y = 2
// importPoint.M = 4
// importPoint.Z = 3

importPoint2 = MapPointBuilder.FromJson(inputString);

// export to json - skip spatial reference
outputString = GeometryEngine.Instance.ExportToJSON(JSONExportFlags.jsonExportSkipCRS, importPoint);
// outputString = "{\"x\":1,\"y\":2,\"z\":3,\"m\":4}"

// export from mappoint, skipping the sr - same as GeometryEngine.Instance.ExportToJSON w JSONExportFlags.jsonExportSkipCRS
outputString2 = importPoint.ToJson(true);

//
// Multipoint
//
List<Coordinate2D> coords = new List<Coordinate2D>()
{
  new Coordinate2D(100, 200),
  new Coordinate2D(201, 300),
  new Coordinate2D(301, 400),
  new Coordinate2D(401, 500)
};

Multipoint multipoint = MultipointBuilder.CreateMultipoint(coords, SpatialReferences.WebMercator);

inputString = "{\"points\":[[100,200],[201,300],[301,400],[401,500]],\"spatialReference\":{\"wkid\":3857}}";
Multipoint importMultipoint = GeometryEngine.Instance.ImportFromJSON(JSONImportFlags.jsonImportDefaults, inputString) as Multipoint;
// importMultipoint.IsEqual(multipoint) = true

ReadOnlyPointCollection points = importMultipoint.Points;
// points.Count = 4
// points[0] = 100, 200
// points[1] = 201, 300
// points[2] = 301, 400
// points[3] = 401, 500

// use the Multipointbuilder convenience method
Multipoint importMultipoint2 = MultipointBuilder.FromJson(inputString);
// importMultipoint2.IsEqual(multipoint) = true

// export to json
outputString = GeometryEngine.Instance.ExportToJSON(JSONExportFlags.jsonExportDefaults, multipoint);
// outputString = inputString

// or use the multipoint itself
outputString2 = multipoint.ToJson();

//
// Polyline
//
Polyline polyline = PolylineBuilder.CreatePolyline(coords, SpatialReferences.WebMercator);

// export without the spatial reference
outputString = GeometryEngine.Instance.ExportToJSON(JSONExportFlags.jsonExportSkipCRS, polyline);
// import
geometry = GeometryEngine.Instance.ImportFromJSON(JSONImportFlags.jsonImportDefaults, outputString);
Polyline importPolyline = geometry as Polyline;
// importPolyline.SpatialReference = null


points = importPolyline.Points;
// points.Count = 4
// points[0] = 100, 200
// points[1] = 201, 300
// points[2] = 301, 400
// points[3] = 401, 500

// use the polylineBuilder convenience method 
Polyline importPolyline2 = PolylineBuilder.FromJson(outputString);
// importPolyline2 = importPolyline

outputString2 = importPolyline2.ToJson();
// outputString2 = outputString

//
// Polygon
//
Polygon polygon = PolygonBuilder.CreatePolygon(coords, SpatialReferences.WebMercator);

// export without the spatial reference
outputString = GeometryEngine.Instance.ExportToJSON(JSONExportFlags.jsonExportSkipCRS, polygon);
// import
geometry = GeometryEngine.Instance.ImportFromJSON(JSONImportFlags.jsonImportDefaults, outputString);

Polygon importPolygon = geometry as Polygon;
// importPolygon.SpatialReference = null
points = importPolygon.Points;
// points.Count = 5

// polygonBuilder convenience method
Polygon importPolyon2 = PolygonBuilder.FromJson(outputString);
// importPolygon2 = importPolygon

// export from the polygon
outputString2 = importPolyon2.ToJson(true);

// Empty polygon
polygon = PolygonBuilder.CreatePolygon(SpatialReferences.WebMercator);
outputString = GeometryEngine.Instance.ExportToJSON(JSONExportFlags.jsonExportDefaults, polygon);
importPolygon = GeometryEngine.Instance.ImportFromJSON(JSONImportFlags.jsonImportDefaults, outputString) as Polygon;

// importPolygon.IsEmpty = true
// importPolygon.SpatialReference.Wkid = 3857

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 10, Windows 8.1

Reference

Geometry Class
Geometry Members