IDatasetName Interface

Provides access to members that supply dataset name information.

Members

	Name	Description
	Category	The category of the dataset.
	Name	The name of the dataset.
	SubsetNames	Subset names contained within this dataset name.
	Type	The type of the dataset.
	WorkspaceName	The WorkspaceName of the DatasetName.

IDatasetName.Category Property

The category of the dataset.

Public Property Category As String

public string Category {get; set;}

IDatasetName.Name Property

The name of the dataset.

Public Property Name As String

public string Name {get; set;}

IDatasetName.SubsetNames Property

Subset names contained within this dataset name.

Public ReadOnly Property SubsetNames As IEnumDatasetName

public IEnumDatasetName SubsetNames {get;}

IDatasetName.Type Property

The type of the dataset.

Public ReadOnly Property Type As esriDatasetType

public esriDatasetType Type {get;}

IDatasetName.WorkspaceName Property

The WorkspaceName of the DatasetName.

Public Property WorkspaceName As IWorkspaceName

public IWorkspaceName WorkspaceName {get; set;}

Classes that implement IDatasetName

Classes	Description
CadDrawingName (esriDataSourcesFile)	Cad Drawing Name object
FeatureDatasetName	Esri Feature Dataset Name object.
FeatureQueryName	Esri Feature Query Name object.
FgdbTableName (esriDataSourcesGDB)	File GeoDatabase Table Name object.
FunctionRasterDatasetName (esriDataSourcesRaster)	A class for a function raster dataset name.
GeometricNetworkName	Esri Geometric Network Name object.
MemoryRelationshipClassName	A name class that represents as in memory relationship class.
MosaicDatasetName	The mosaic dataset name object.
NetworkDatasetName	A container for describing this network dataset's name properties.
ObjectClassName	Esri Object Class Name object.
QueryTableName	Esri Query table Name object.
RasterBandName	A container for name information about a raster band.
RasterDatasetName	A container for name information about a raster dataset.
RelationshipClassName	Esri Relationship Class Name object.
RelQueryTableName	A name class that represents a RelQueryTable.
TableName	Esri Table Name object.
TableQueryName	Esri Table Query Name object.
TinName	The Esri TinName component.
TopologyName	Esri Topology Name object.
UnknownDatasetName	Esri Unknown Dataset Name object.
UtilityNetworkName	A container for describing this utility network's name properties.
XYEventSourceName	A name object that defines the objects needed to create an XY event layer.

Remarks

DatasetName is an abstract class that covers Name objects for datasets in a workspace.

DatasetName objects identify and locate datasets within a workspace. In addition they may carry additional properties that describe the named dataset. DatasetName objects supports methods to access metadata for the named object (via the optional IMetadata interface) and to manage privileges for the dataset (via the ISQLPrivilege interface).

The DatasetName object for any existing dataset can be obtained by reading the IDataset::FullName property. DatasetName objects may also be created to specify new datasets that are to be created by some operation.

The IDatasetName interface provides access to the basic properties of a dataset name object.

The Name property returns the identifier for the dataset within the context of its workspace. Note that the value of the name property of the dataset name object (IDatasetName::Name) is the same as the value of the name property for the dataset (IDataset::Name). The WorkspaceName property returns the workspace name object for the workspace containing the dataset being specified by this dataset name object.

You can use the IDataset::FullName property to get a dataset name object from the actual dataset object.

A dataset name can also refer to a dataset that does not yet exist. This is useful when creating new data, for example with the feature data converters.