ExportToEsriShape(EsriShapeExportFlags,Geometry,Byte[]) Method

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Writes an Esri shapefile formatted version of the input geometry to the specified buffer.

Syntax

C#
Visual Basic (Declaration)

public int ExportToEsriShape( 
   EsriShapeExportFlags exportFlags,
   Geometry geometry,
   ref byte[] buffer
)

Public Overloads Function ExportToEsriShape( _
   ByVal exportFlags As EsriShapeExportFlags, _
   ByVal geometry As Geometry, _
   ByRef buffer() As Byte _
) As Integer

Parameters

exportFlags: A combination of EsriShapeExportFlags which determines how the geometry is exported. Uses esriShapeExportNewArcFormat for circular and elliptic arcs.
geometry: The geometry to write to the buffer.
buffer: The buffer to which the geometry will be written. The buffer must be large enough to hold the Esri shapefile formatted version of the input geometry.

Return Value

The exact number of bytes written to the buffer.

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentNullException	Geometry is null or empty.
System.NotImplementedException	The method is not implemented for GeometryBag.

Example

Import and Export Geometries to EsriShape

// create an envelope
List<MapPoint> coordsZM = new List<MapPoint>
{
  MapPointBuilderEx.CreateMapPoint(1001, 1002, 1003, 1004),
  MapPointBuilderEx.CreateMapPoint(2001, 2002, Double.NaN, 2004),
  MapPointBuilderEx.CreateMapPoint(3001, -3002, 3003, 3004),
  MapPointBuilderEx.CreateMapPoint(1001, -4002, 4003, 4004)
};

Envelope envelope = EnvelopeBuilderEx.CreateEnvelope(
           coordsZM[0], coordsZM[2], SpatialReferences.WGS84);

// export and import
EsriShapeExportFlags exportFlags = EsriShapeExportFlags.EsriShapeExportDefaults;
EsriShapeImportFlags importFlags = EsriShapeImportFlags.EsriShapeImportDefaults;
byte[] buffer = GeometryEngine.Instance.ExportToEsriShape(exportFlags, envelope);
Polygon importedPolygon = GeometryEngine.Instance.ImportFromEsriShape(
               importFlags, buffer, envelope.SpatialReference) as Polygon;
Envelope importedEnvelope = importedPolygon.Extent;

// export without z,m
buffer = GeometryEngine.Instance.ExportToEsriShape(
        EsriShapeExportFlags.EsriShapeExportStripZs | 
        EsriShapeExportFlags.EsriShapeExportStripMs, envelope);
importedPolygon = GeometryEngine.Instance.ImportFromEsriShape(
        importFlags, buffer, SpatialReferences.WGS84) as Polygon;
importedEnvelope = importedPolygon.Extent;

bool hasZ = importedEnvelope.HasZ;      // hasZ = false
bool hasM = importedEnvelope.HasM;      // hasM = false

// export with shapeSize
int bufferSize = GeometryEngine.Instance.GetEsriShapeSize(
                                       exportFlags, envelope);
buffer = new byte[bufferSize];

bufferSize = GeometryEngine.Instance.ExportToEsriShape(
                             exportFlags, envelope, ref buffer);
importedPolygon = GeometryEngine.Instance.ImportFromEsriShape(
                    importFlags, buffer, envelope.SpatialReference) as Polygon;
importedEnvelope = importedPolygon.Extent;


// or use the envelope and envelopeBuilderEx classes
buffer = envelope.ToEsriShape();
// buffer represents a polygon as there is not an envelope Esri shape buffer
// EnvelopeBuilderEx.FromEsriShape takes a polygon Esri shape buffer and returns the extent of the polygon.
importedEnvelope = EnvelopeBuilderEx.FromEsriShape(buffer);

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1

Reference

GeometryEngine Class
GeometryEngine Members
Overload List

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