Custom dictionary style

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Use a custom dictionary style created from a web style or local style file (.stylx) to symbolize features using a variety of attribute values.

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Use case

When symbolizing geoelements in your map, you may need to convey several pieces of information with a single symbol. You could try to symbolize such data using a unique value renderer, but as the number of fields and values increases, that approach becomes impractical. With a dictionary renderer you can build each symbol on-the-fly, driven by one or more attribute values, and handle a nearly infinite number of unique combinations.

How to use the sample

Use the radio buttons to toggle between the dictionary symbols from the web style and style file. Pan and zoom around the map to see the symbology from the chosen dictionary symbol style. The web style and style file are slightly different to each other to give a visual indication of the switch between the two.

How it works

  1. Create a PortalItem, referring to a Portal and the item ID of the web style.
  2. Based on the style selected:
  • If the web style toggle has been selected, create a new DictionarySymbolStyle from the portal item using new DictionarySymbolStyle(portalItem), and load it
  • If the file style toggle has been selected, create a new DictionarySymbolStyle using DictionarySymbolStyle.createFromFile(stylxFile.getAbsolutePath())
  1. Create a new DictionaryRenderer, providing the dictionary symbol style.
  2. Apply the dictionary renderer to a feature layer using featureLayer.setRenderer(dictionaryRenderer).
  3. Add the feature layer to the map's operational layers using getOperationalLayers().add(featureLayer).

Relevant API

  • DictionaryRenderer
  • DictionarySymbolStyle
  • Portal
  • PortalItem

About the data

The data used in this sample is from a feature layer showing a subset of restaurants in Redlands, CA hosted as a feature service with attributes for rating, style, health score, and open hours.

The feature layer is symbolized using a dictionary renderer that displays a single symbol for all of these variables. The renderer uses symbols from a custom restaurant dictionary style created from a stylx file and a web style, available as items from ArcGIS Online, to show unique symbols based on several feature attributes. The symbols it contains were created using ArcGIS Pro. The logic used to apply the symbols comes from an Arcade script embedded in the stylx file (which is a SQLite database), along with a JSON string that defines expected attribute names and configuration properties.

Additional information

For information about creating your own custom dictionary style, see the open source dictionary renderer toolkit on GitHub.

Tags

dictionary, military, portal, portal item, renderer, style, stylx, unique value, visualization

Sample Code

CustomDictionaryStyleSample.java
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/*
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package com.esri.samples.custom_dictionary_style;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.geometry.Pos;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Alert;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.control.ProgressIndicator;
import javafx.scene.control.RadioButton;
import javafx.scene.control.ToggleGroup;
import javafx.scene.layout.Background;
import javafx.scene.layout.BackgroundFill;
import javafx.scene.layout.CornerRadii;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.scene.paint.Paint;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

import com.esri.arcgisruntime.ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.data.ServiceFeatureTable;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.Point;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.layers.FeatureLayer;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.loadable.LoadStatus;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISMap;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.BasemapStyle;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.Viewpoint;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.MapView;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.portal.Portal;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.portal.PortalItem;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.DictionaryRenderer;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.DictionarySymbolStyle;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.Renderer;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.HashMap;

public class CustomDictionaryStyleSample extends Application {

  private MapView mapView;
  private DictionarySymbolStyle dictSymbStyleFromPortal; // keep loadables in scope to avoid garbage collection
  private DictionaryRenderer webStyleDictionaryRenderer;

  private VBox controlsVBox;
  private ToggleGroup toggleGroup;
  private RadioButton webStyleButton;
  private RadioButton fileStyleButton;
  private ProgressIndicator progressIndicator;

  @Override
  public void start(Stage stage) {
    try {
      // create stack pane and application scene
      StackPane stackPane = new StackPane();
      Scene scene = new Scene(stackPane);
      scene.getStylesheets().add(getClass().getResource("/custom_dictionary_style/style.css").toExternalForm());

      // set title, size, and add scene to stage
      stage.setTitle("Custom Dictionary Style Sample");
      stage.setWidth(800);
      stage.setHeight(700);
      stage.setScene(scene);
      stage.show();

      // authentication with an API key or named user is required to access basemaps and other location services
      String yourAPIKey = System.getProperty("apiKey");
      ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment.setApiKey(yourAPIKey);

      // create a map with the topographic basemap style
      ArcGISMap map = new ArcGISMap(BasemapStyle.ARCGIS_TOPOGRAPHIC);

      // create a map view and set the map to it
      mapView = new MapView();
      mapView.setMap(map);

      // set the initial viewpoint to the Esri Redlands campus
      map.setInitialViewpoint(
        new Viewpoint(new Point(-13046305, 4036698.1412000, map.getSpatialReference()), 5000));

      // set up the UI
      setupUI();

      // enable UI interactions once the map has loaded
      map.addDoneLoadingListener(() -> {
        if (map.getLoadStatus() == LoadStatus.LOADED) {
          controlsVBox.setDisable(false);
        } else {
          new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR, "Map failed to load").show();
        }
      });

      // create a stylex file from a local location
      File stylxFile = new File(System.getProperty("data.dir"), "./samples-data/stylx/Restaurant.stylx");
      // create a dictionary symbol style from the stylx file, and create a new dictionary renderer from it
      DictionarySymbolStyle dictSymbStyleFromFile = DictionarySymbolStyle.createFromFile(stylxFile.getAbsolutePath());
      DictionaryRenderer dictRendFromFile = new DictionaryRenderer(dictSymbStyleFromFile);
      // set the renderer from the style file to the UI
      fileStyleButton.setUserData(dictRendFromFile);

      // create a portal item using the portal and the item id of the dictionary web style
      Portal portal = new Portal("https://arcgisruntime.maps.arcgis.com");
      PortalItem portalItem = new PortalItem(portal, "adee951477014ec68d7cf0ea0579c800");

      // map the input fields in the feature layer to the dictionary symbol style's expected fields for symbols and text
      HashMap<String, String> fieldMap = new HashMap<>();
      fieldMap.put("healthgrade", "Inspection");

      // create a new dictionary symbol style from the web style in the portal item
      dictSymbStyleFromPortal = new DictionarySymbolStyle(portalItem);
      // load the symbol dictionary
      dictSymbStyleFromPortal.loadAsync();

      dictSymbStyleFromPortal.addDoneLoadingListener(() -> {
        if (dictSymbStyleFromPortal.getLoadStatus() == LoadStatus.LOADED) {
          // enable the UI
          controlsVBox.setDisable(false);
          // create a dictionary renderer with the dictionary symbol style,
          // and manually map the feature layer's attribute name to those expected by the dictionary symbol style
          webStyleDictionaryRenderer = new DictionaryRenderer(dictSymbStyleFromPortal, fieldMap, fieldMap);
          // set the renderer from web style to the UI
          webStyleButton.setUserData(webStyleDictionaryRenderer);
          progressIndicator.setVisible(false);
        } else {
          new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR, "Dictionary symbol style failed to load!").show();
        }
      });

      // create a service feature table and create a feature layer from it (restaurant data)
      var serviceFeatureTable =
        new ServiceFeatureTable("https://services2.arcgis.com/ZQgQTuoyBrtmoGdP/ArcGIS/rest/services/Redlands_Restaurants/FeatureServer/0");
      FeatureLayer restaurantLayer = new FeatureLayer(serviceFeatureTable);
      map.getOperationalLayers().add(restaurantLayer);

      // add a listener to the radio button toggle group to change the dictionary renderer
      toggleGroup.selectedToggleProperty().addListener((observable -> {
          if (toggleGroup.getSelectedToggle() != null) {
            // set the chosen dictionary renderer to the feature layer
            restaurantLayer.setRenderer((Renderer) toggleGroup.getSelectedToggle().getUserData());
          }
        })
      );

      // show the style file symbols by default
      toggleGroup.selectToggle(fileStyleButton);

      // add the control panel, map view, and progress indicator to the stack pane
      stackPane.getChildren().addAll(mapView, controlsVBox, progressIndicator);
      StackPane.setAlignment(controlsVBox, Pos.TOP_LEFT);
      StackPane.setAlignment(progressIndicator, Pos.CENTER);
      StackPane.setMargin(controlsVBox, new Insets(10, 0, 0, 10));
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Sets up control panel with radio buttons to toggle between the dictionary symbol styles.
   */
  public void setupUI() {
    // create a label
    Label symbolStyleLabel = new Label("Choose a Dictionary Symbol Style:");

    // create radio buttons for toggling between the web and file styles
    webStyleButton = new RadioButton("Web style");
    fileStyleButton = new RadioButton("Local style file");

    // set the radio buttons to a toggle group
    toggleGroup = new ToggleGroup();
    toggleGroup.getToggles().addAll(webStyleButton, fileStyleButton);

    // show progress indicator when the dictionary symbol styles are loading
    progressIndicator = new ProgressIndicator();
    progressIndicator.setMaxWidth(30);
    progressIndicator.setVisible(true);

    // create a control panel
    controlsVBox = new VBox(6);
    controlsVBox.setBackground(new Background(new BackgroundFill(Paint.valueOf("rgba(0,0,0,0.3)"), CornerRadii.EMPTY,
      Insets.EMPTY)));
    controlsVBox.setPadding(new Insets(10.0));
    controlsVBox.setMaxSize(210, 80);
    controlsVBox.getStyleClass().add("panel-region");
    controlsVBox.setDisable(true);
    // add the label and radio buttons to the control panel
    controlsVBox.getChildren().addAll(symbolStyleLabel, webStyleButton, fileStyleButton);
  }

  /**
   * Stops and releases all resources used in application.
   */
  @Override
  public void stop() {

    // release resources when the application closes
    if (mapView != null) {
      mapView.dispose();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Opens and runs application.
   *
   * @param args arguments passed to this application
   */
  public static void main(String[] args) {

    Application.launch(args);
  }
}

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