Describe object properties

Synthèse

The Describe function returns the following properties for all Describe objects.

Propriétés

PropriétéExplicationType de données
baseName
(Lecture seule)

The file base name.

String
catalogPath
(Lecture seule)

The path of the data.

String
children
(Lecture seule)

A list of sub elements.

If describing a workspace, the children property returns the contents of that workspace, including various data types such as feature classes, tables, rasters, and feature datasets.

Describe
childrenExpanded
(Lecture seule)

Indicates whether the children have been expanded.

Boolean
dataElementType
(Lecture seule)

The element type of the element.

String
dataType
(Lecture seule)

The type of the element.

String
extension
(Lecture seule)

The file extension.

String
file
(Lecture seule)

The file name.

String
fullPropsRetrieved
(Lecture seule)

Indicates whether full properties have been retrieved.

Boolean
metadataRetrieved
(Lecture seule)

Indicates whether the metadata has been retrieved.

Boolean
name
(Lecture seule)

The user-assigned name for the element.

String
path
(Lecture seule)

The file path.

String

Exemple de code

Describe object properties example

Display some Describe object properties for a file geodatabase.

import arcpy

# Create a Describe object
#
desc = arcpy.Describe("C:/Data/chesapeake.gdb")

# Print some Describe Object properties
#
if hasattr(desc, "name"):
    print("Name:        " + desc.name)
if hasattr(desc, "dataType"):
    print("DataType:    " + desc.dataType)
if hasattr(desc, "catalogPath"):
    print("CatalogPath: " + desc.catalogPath)

# Examine children and print their name and dataType
#
print("Children:")
for child in desc.children:
    print("\t%s = %s" % (child.name, child.dataType))