com.esri.arcgis.geoprocessing.tools.coveragetools
Class Generate

java.lang.Object
  com.esri.arcgis.geoprocessing.AbstractGPTool
      com.esri.arcgis.geoprocessing.tools.coveragetools.Generate

All Implemented Interfaces:

GPTool

public class Generate
extends AbstractGPTool

Generates a coverage from coordinates stored in a file. The Generate tool is contained in the Coverage Tools tool box.

Usage tips:

• This tool creates new coordinate features but does not create topology or attributes for these features. Other tools, such as or , can be used to create feature topology.
• The coordinate precision of the output coverage is determined by the precision setting. To convert a double-precision file to a double-precision coverage, the precision must be set to Double.
• While processing duplicate tics with the same ID number, the last tic read with the same ID number is the one whose coordinates are stored in the coverage tic file.
• When polygons are generated, each polygon will be closed automatically from the last vertex entered to the first vertex if the two vertices are not the same.
• Coordinates in the input file can be in x,y,z format, but Generate ignores the z-values if they exist.
• The geoprocessing tool takes in a text file that has a User-ID number for each line, followed by the series of xy coordinate pairs that define the line.
• This tool is not interactive, as the GENERATE command in Arc/Iinfo Workstation was.
• Use the tool to create the file to be used as the input file.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.esri.arcgis.geoprocessing.AbstractGPTool

vals

Constructor Summary

Generate()
Creates the Generate tool with defaults.

Generate(Object inFile, Object outCover, String featureType)
Creates the Generate tool with the required parameters.

Method Summary

String	getFeatureType() Returns the Feature Type parameter of this tool .
Object	getInFile() Returns the Input File parameter of this tool .
Object	getOutCover() Returns the Output Coverage parameter of this tool .
String	getToolboxAlias() Returns the alias of the tool box containing this tool.
String	getToolboxName() Returns the name of the tool box containing this tool.
String	getToolName() Returns the name of this tool.
void	setFeatureType(String featureType) Sets the Feature Type parameter of this tool .
void	setInFile(Object inFile) Sets the Input File parameter of this tool .
void	setOutCover(Object outCover) Sets the Output Coverage parameter of this tool .

Methods inherited from class com.esri.arcgis.geoprocessing.AbstractGPTool

getParameterValues, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Generate

public Generate()

Creates the Generate tool with defaults.

Initializes the array of tool parameters with the default values specified when the tool was created.

Generate

public Generate(Object inFile,
                Object outCover,
                String featureType)

Creates the Generate tool with the required parameters.

Initializes the array of tool parameters with the values as specified for the required parameters and with the default values for the other parameters.

Parameters:

inFile - the file containing feature coordinates that will be used to generate a coverage.

outCover - the coverage to be generated.

featureType - the type of features to create:

Method Detail

getInFile

public Object getInFile()

Returns the Input File parameter of this tool . This parameter is the file containing feature coordinates that will be used to generate a coverage. This is a required parameter.

Returns:

the Input File

setInFile

public void setInFile(Object inFile)

Sets the Input File parameter of this tool . This parameter is the file containing feature coordinates that will be used to generate a coverage. This is a required parameter.

Parameters:

inFile - the file containing feature coordinates that will be used to generate a coverage.

getOutCover

public Object getOutCover()

Returns the Output Coverage parameter of this tool . This parameter is the coverage to be generated. This is a required parameter.

Returns:

the Output Coverage

setOutCover

public void setOutCover(Object outCover)

Sets the Output Coverage parameter of this tool . This parameter is the coverage to be generated. This is a required parameter.

Parameters:

outCover - the coverage to be generated.

getFeatureType

public String getFeatureType()

Returns the Feature Type parameter of this tool . This parameter is the type of features to create: This is a required parameter.

Returns:

the Feature Type

setFeatureType

public void setFeatureType(String featureType)

Sets the Feature Type parameter of this tool . This parameter is the type of features to create: This is a required parameter.

Parameters:

featureType - the type of features to create:

getToolName

public String getToolName()

Returns the name of this tool.

Returns:

the tool name

getToolboxName

public String getToolboxName()

Returns the name of the tool box containing this tool.

Returns:

the tool box name

getToolboxAlias

public String getToolboxAlias()

Returns the alias of the tool box containing this tool.

Returns:

the tool box alias