AddFeatureClass(FeatureDatasetDescription,FeatureClassDescription) Method

Enqueue the Add operation on the object referred to by the FeatureDatasetDescription and the FeatureClassDescription.

Syntax

C#
Visual Basic (Declaration)

public void AddFeatureClass( 
   FeatureDatasetDescription featureDatasetDescription,
   FeatureClassDescription featureClassDescription
)

Public Overloads Sub AddFeatureClass( _
   ByVal featureDatasetDescription As FeatureDatasetDescription, _
   ByVal featureClassDescription As FeatureClassDescription _
)

Parameters

featureDatasetDescription: Indicates the ArcGIS.Core.Data.FeatureDataset where the ArcGIS.Core.Data.FeatureClass will be added.
featureClassDescription: Indicates the ArcGIS.Core.Data.FeatureClass to add.

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentException	The ArcGIS.Core.Geometry.SpatialReference of the featureDatasetDescription and the featureClassDescription do not match.
System.ArgumentNullException	featureDatasetDescription and/or featureClassDescription is null.
System.InvalidOperationException	Memory ArcGIS.Core.Data.Geodatabase does not support feature datasets.

Remarks

Adds a ArcGIS.Core.Data.FeatureClass to the ArcGIS.Core.Data.FeatureDataset

Example

// Adding a FeatureClass with name 'Tax_Jurisdiction' into a FeatureDataset named as 'Parcels_Information'

string featureDatasetName = "Parcels_Information";
string featureClassNameToAdd = "Tax_Jurisdiction";

FeatureDatasetDefinition featureDatasetDefinition = geodatabase.GetDefinition<FeatureDatasetDefinition>(featureDatasetName);
FeatureDatasetDescription featureDatasetDescription = new FeatureDatasetDescription(featureDatasetDefinition);

FeatureClassDefinition featureClassDefinition = geodatabase.GetDefinition<FeatureClassDefinition>(featureClassNameToAdd);
FeatureClassDescription featureClassDescription = new FeatureClassDescription(featureClassDefinition);

SchemaBuilder schemaBuilder = new SchemaBuilder(geodatabase);

// Add the 'Tax_Jurisdiction' FeatureClass to the 'Parcels_Information' FeatureDataset 
schemaBuilder.AddFeatureClass(featureDatasetDescription, featureClassDescription);
bool addStatus = schemaBuilder.Build();

if (!addStatus)
{
  IReadOnlyList<string> errors = schemaBuilder.ErrorMessages;
}

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1

Reference

SchemaBuilder Class
SchemaBuilder Members
Overload List