// Create a Cities feature class with the following fields
// GlobalID
// ObjectID
// Name (string)
// Population (integer)
// This static helper routine creates a FieldDescription for a GlobalID field with default values
FieldDescription globalIDFieldDescription = FieldDescription.CreateGlobalIDField();
// This static helper routine creates a FieldDescription for an ObjectID field with default values
FieldDescription objectIDFieldDescription = FieldDescription.CreateObjectIDField();
// This static helper routine creates a FieldDescription for a string field
FieldDescription nameFieldDescription = FieldDescription.CreateStringField("Name", 255);
// This static helper routine creates a FieldDescription for an integer field
FieldDescription populationFieldDescription = FieldDescription.CreateIntegerField("Population");
// Assemble a list of all of our field descriptions
List<FieldDescription> fieldDescriptions = new List<FieldDescription>()
{ globalIDFieldDescription, objectIDFieldDescription, nameFieldDescription, populationFieldDescription };
// Create a ShapeDescription object
ShapeDescription shapeDescription = new ShapeDescription(GeometryType.Point, spatialReference);
// Alternatively, ShapeDescriptions can be created from another feature class. In this case, the new feature class will inherit the same shape properties of the existing class
ShapeDescription alternativeShapeDescription = new ShapeDescription(existingFeatureClass.GetDefinition());
// Create a FeatureClassDescription object to describe the feature class to create
FeatureClassDescription featureClassDescription = new FeatureClassDescription("Cities", fieldDescriptions, shapeDescription);
// Create a SchemaBuilder object
SchemaBuilder schemaBuilder = new SchemaBuilder(geodatabase);
// Add the creation of the Cities feature class to our list of DDL tasks
schemaBuilder.Create(featureClassDescription);
// Execute the DDL
bool success = schemaBuilder.Build();
// Inspect error messages
if (!success)
{
IReadOnlyList<string> errorMessages = schemaBuilder.ErrorMessages;
//etc.
}
// Creating a FeatureDataset named as 'Parcel_Information' and a FeatureClass with name 'Parcels' in one operation
string featureDatasetName = "Parcel_Information";
string featureClassName = "Parcels";
SchemaBuilder schemaBuilder = new SchemaBuilder(geodatabase);
// Create a FeatureDataset token
FeatureDatasetDescription featureDatasetDescription = new FeatureDatasetDescription(featureDatasetName, SpatialReferences.WGS84);
FeatureDatasetToken featureDatasetToken = schemaBuilder.Create(featureDatasetDescription);
// Create a FeatureClass description
FeatureClassDescription featureClassDescription = new FeatureClassDescription(featureClassName,
new List<FieldDescription>()
{
new FieldDescription("Id", FieldType.Integer),
new FieldDescription("Address", FieldType.String)
},
new ShapeDescription(GeometryType.Point, SpatialReferences.WGS84));
// Create a FeatureClass inside a FeatureDataset
FeatureClassToken featureClassToken = schemaBuilder.Create(new FeatureDatasetDescription(featureDatasetToken), featureClassDescription);
// Build status
bool buildStatus = schemaBuilder.Build();
// Build errors
if (!buildStatus)
{
IReadOnlyList<string> errors = schemaBuilder.ErrorMessages;
}