com.esri.arcgis.carto
Interface IMaps

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

IMapsProxy, Maps, TxMaps

public interface IMaps
extends Serializable

Provides access to members that control the maps collection.

Superseded By

IMaps2

Remarks

Use IMaps interface to get access to a collection of Maps object using IMxDocument.Maps property.

Please ignore the above statement in the Product Availability section. IMaps interface is NOT available with ArcGIS for Server and ArcGIS Engine since this interface is used to get access to a Maps object, which is a non-creatable object. References to non-creatable objects must be obtained through other objects. IMaps interface is available only with ArcGIS for Desktop.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Method Summary

void	add(IMap map) Adds a map to the collection.
IMap	create() Creates a new map.
int	getCount() Number of maps.
IMap	getItem(int index) The map at the given index.
void	remove(IMap map) Removes a map from the collection.
void	removeAt(int index) Removes a map at the specified index.
void	reset() Removes all maps from the collection.

Method Detail

getCount

int getCount()
             throws IOException,
                    AutomationException

Number of maps.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Returns:

The count

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

getItem

IMap getItem(int index)
             throws IOException,
                    AutomationException

The map at the given index.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Parameters:

index - The index (in)

Returns:

A reference to a com.esri.arcgis.carto.IMap

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

create

IMap create()
            throws IOException,
                   AutomationException

Creates a new map.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Returns:

A reference to a com.esri.arcgis.carto.IMap

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

remove

void remove(IMap map)
            throws IOException,
                   AutomationException

Removes a map from the collection.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Parameters:

map - A reference to a com.esri.arcgis.carto.IMap (in)

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

add

void add(IMap map)
         throws IOException,
                AutomationException

Adds a map to the collection.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Parameters:

map - A reference to a com.esri.arcgis.carto.IMap (in)

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

removeAt

void removeAt(int index)
              throws IOException,
                     AutomationException

Removes a map at the specified index.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Parameters:

index - The index (in)

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

reset

void reset()
           throws IOException,
                  AutomationException

Removes all maps from the collection.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.