Package com.esri.arcgisruntime.data

Class FieldDescription

java.lang.Object

com.esri.arcgisruntime.data.FieldDescription

public final class FieldDescription
extends Object

An object that describes a Field to be created.

Creation of fields and tables is currently only supported on mobile geodatabases, either created in ArcGIS Pro or via Geodatabase.createAsync(String).

Since:

100.14.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
FieldDescription(String name, Field.Type fieldType)	Creates a new field description object with the specified name and type.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getAlias()	Gets the field's alias.
String	getDomainName()	Gets the name of the domain to use on this field.
boolean	getEditable()	True if the field is editable.
Field.Type	getFieldType()	Gets the field's data type.
int	getLength()	Gets the length of the field.
String	getName()	Gets the field's name.
boolean	getNullable()	True if the field is nullable.
void	setAlias(String alias)	Sets the field's alias.
void	setDomainName(String domainName)	Sets the name of the domain to use on this field.
void	setEditable(boolean editable)	True if the field is editable.
void	setFieldType(Field.Type fieldType)	Sets the field's data type.
void	setLength(int length)	Sets the length of the field.
void	setName(String name)	Sets the field's name.
void	setNullable(boolean nullable)	True if the field is nullable.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FieldDescription

public FieldDescription(String name,
                        Field.Type fieldType)

Creates a new field description object with the specified name and type.

Parameters:

name - the field's name

fieldType - the field's data type

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if name is null

IllegalArgumentException - if fieldType is null

Since:

100.14.0

Method Detail

getAlias

public String getAlias()

Gets the field's alias.

The default value is an empty string.

Returns:

the field's alias

Since:

100.14.0

setAlias

public void setAlias(String alias)

Sets the field's alias.

The default value is an empty string.

Parameters:

alias - the field's alias

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if alias is null

Since:

100.14.0

getDomainName

public String getDomainName()

Gets the name of the domain to use on this field.

The domain must already exist in the geodatabase (see Geodatabase.createDomainAsync(DomainDescription)). The default value of an empty string indicates that no domain should be used.

Returns:

the name of the domain to use on this field

Since:

100.14.0

setDomainName

public void setDomainName(String domainName)

Sets the name of the domain to use on this field.

The domain must already exist in the geodatabase (see Geodatabase.createDomainAsync(DomainDescription)). The default value of an empty string indicates that no domain should be used.

Parameters:

domainName - the name of the domain to use on this field

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if domainName is null

Since:

100.14.0

getEditable

public boolean getEditable()

True if the field is editable.

The default value is true.

Returns:

true if the field is editable

Since:

100.14.0

setEditable

public void setEditable(boolean editable)

True if the field is editable.

The default value is true.

Parameters:

editable - true if the field is editable

Since:

100.14.0

getFieldType

public Field.Type getFieldType()

Gets the field's data type.

The default is Field.Type.UNKNOWN, and must be set to a valid type.

Returns:

the field's data type

Since:

100.14.0

setFieldType

public void setFieldType(Field.Type fieldType)

Sets the field's data type.

The default is Field.Type.UNKNOWN, and must be set to a valid type.

Parameters:

fieldType - the field's data type

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if fieldType is null

Since:

100.14.0

getLength

public int getLength()

Gets the length of the field.

The default value is 0. This only applies to text fields.

Returns:

the length of the field

Since:

100.14.0

setLength

public void setLength(int length)

Sets the length of the field.

The default value is 0. This only applies to text fields.

Parameters:

length - the length of the field

Since:

100.14.0

getName

public String getName()

Gets the field's name.

Field names must be non-empty, consist only of alphanumeric characters and underscores, and cannot start with a number or an underscore.

Returns:

the field's name

Since:

100.14.0

setName

public void setName(String name)

Sets the field's name.

Field names must be non-empty, consist only of alphanumeric characters and underscores, and cannot start with a number or an underscore.

Parameters:

name - the field's name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if name is null

Since:

100.14.0

getNullable

public boolean getNullable()

True if the field is nullable.

The default value is true.

Returns:

true if the field is nullable

Since:

100.14.0

setNullable

public void setNullable(boolean nullable)

True if the field is nullable.

The default value is true.

Parameters:

nullable - true if the field is nullable

Since:

100.14.0