com.esri.arcgis.carto
Interface ITableDefinition

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

CadAnnotationLayer, CadastralFabricSubLayer, CadFeatureLayer, CoverageAnnotationLayer, DimensionLayer, FDOGraphicsLayer, FeatureLayer, GdbRasterCatalogLayer, ImageServerLayer, ITableDefinitionProxy, MosaicLayer, StandaloneTable

public interface ITableDefinition
extends Serializable

Provides access to members that define a subset of the rows from the underlying table.

Product Availability

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

Method Summary

String	getDefinitionExpression() Definition query expression for the existing layer.
ISelectionSet	getDefinitionSelectionSet() The selection set that defines the subset of features in a selection layer.
void	setDefinitionExpression(String expression) Definition query expression for the existing layer.

Method Detail

getDefinitionExpression

String getDefinitionExpression()
                               throws IOException,
                                      AutomationException

Definition query expression for the existing layer.

Product Availability

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

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Returns:

The expression

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

setDefinitionExpression

void setDefinitionExpression(String expression)
                             throws IOException,
                                    AutomationException

Definition query expression for the existing layer.

Product Availability

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

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Parameters:

expression - The expression (in)

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

getDefinitionSelectionSet

ISelectionSet getDefinitionSelectionSet()
                                        throws IOException,
                                               AutomationException

The selection set that defines the subset of features in a selection layer.

Product Availability

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

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Returns:

A reference to a com.esri.arcgis.geodatabase.ISelectionSet

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.