// 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.
}