DirectionLine

AMD: require(["esri/rest/support/DirectionLine"], (DirectionLine) => { /* code goes here */ });
ESM: import DirectionLine from "@arcgis/core/rest/support/DirectionLine.js";
Class: esri/rest/support/DirectionLine
Inheritance: DirectionLine Accessor
Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.23

The DirectionLine represents polylines associated with individual direction items.

See also
Example
// Print the distance and time between each direction.
const routeLayer = new RouteLayer({
  portalItem: {
    id: "69569b47b1e445b8a42ec12feab41ce9"
  }
});
await routeLayer.load();

const locale = "en-US";
const formatMinutes = new Intl.NumberFormat(locale, {
  minimumFractionDigits: 1,
  maximumFractionDigits: 1
});
const formatDistance = new Intl.NumberFormat(locale, {
  minimumFractionDigits: 0,
  maximumFractionDigits: 0
});

 for (const directionLine of routeLayer.directionLines) {
  const { distance, duration } = directionLine;
  console.log(`Drive ${formatDistance.format(distance)} meters for ${formatMinutes.format(duration)} minutes.`);
}

// Drive 76 meters for 0.4 minutes.
// Drive 77 meters for 0.2 minutes.
// Drive 150 meters for 0.2 minutes.
// Drive 3,670 meters for 2.6 minutes.
// Drive 307 meters for 0.2 minutes.
// Drive 6,293 meters for 4.5 minutes.
// Drive 42,276 meters for 29.2 minutes.
// etc.

Property Overview

Any properties can be set, retrieved or listened to. See the Working with Properties topic.
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Name Type Summary Class

The name of the class.

Accessor

The type of line which is defined by esriDirectionLineType.

DirectionLine

Length of the line measured in meters.

DirectionLine

Time of the line measured in minutes.

DirectionLine

Polyline representing the direction's location.

DirectionLine

The template for displaying content in a Popup when the graphic is selected.

DirectionLine
For DirectionLine the type is always "direction-line". DirectionLine

Property Details

declaredClass

Inherited
Property
declaredClass Stringreadonly
Inherited from Accessor

The name of the class. The declared class name is formatted as esri.folder.className.

directionLineType

Property
directionLineType String

The type of line which is defined by esriDirectionLineType.

Possible Values:"unknown" |"segment" |"maneuver-segment" |"restriction-violation" |"scaled-cost-barrier" |"heavy-traffic" |"slow-traffic" |"moderate-traffic"

distance

Property
distance Number

Length of the line measured in meters.

duration

Property
duration Number

Time of the line measured in minutes. Means how much time is required to go along the line.

geometry

Property
geometry Polyline

Polyline representing the direction's location.

popupTemplate

Property
popupTemplate PopupTemplateautocast
Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.30 DirectionLine since 4.23, popupTemplate added at 4.30.

The template for displaying content in a Popup when the graphic is selected.

type

Property
type Stringreadonly

For DirectionLine the type is always "direction-line".

Method Overview

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Name Return Type Summary Class

Adds one or more handles which are to be tied to the lifecycle of the object.

Accessor

Creates a DirectionLine from the parsed Graphic.

DirectionLine
*

Creates a new instance of this class and initializes it with values from a JSON object generated from an ArcGIS product.

DirectionLine

Returns true if a named group of handles exist.

Accessor

Removes a group of handles owned by the object.

Accessor

Creates a Graphic from the DirectionLine instance.

DirectionLine

Converts an instance of this class to its ArcGIS portal JSON representation.

DirectionLine

Method Details

addHandles

Inherited
Method
addHandles(handleOrHandles, groupKey)
Inherited from Accessor
Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, addHandles added at 4.25.

Adds one or more handles which are to be tied to the lifecycle of the object. The handles will be removed when the object is destroyed.

// Manually manage handles
const handle = reactiveUtils.when(
  () => !view.updating,
  () => {
    wkidSelect.disabled = false;
  },
  { once: true }
);

this.addHandles(handle);

// Destroy the object
this.destroy();
Parameters
handleOrHandles WatchHandle|WatchHandle[]

Handles marked for removal once the object is destroyed.

groupKey *
optional

Key identifying the group to which the handles should be added. All the handles in the group can later be removed with Accessor.removeHandles(). If no key is provided the handles are added to a default group.

fromGraphic

Method
fromGraphic(graphic){DirectionLine}static
Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.24 DirectionLine since 4.23, fromGraphic added at 4.24.

Creates a DirectionLine from the parsed Graphic. The method assumes that the graphic's attributes conform to the route layer item schema.

Parameter
graphic Graphic
optional

A Graphic instance.

Returns
Type Description
DirectionLine A DirectionLine instance.

fromJSON

Method
fromJSON(json){*}static

Creates a new instance of this class and initializes it with values from a JSON object generated from an ArcGIS product. The object passed into the input json parameter often comes from a response to a query operation in the REST API or a toJSON() method from another ArcGIS product. See the Using fromJSON() topic in the Guide for details and examples of when and how to use this function.

Parameter
json Object

A JSON representation of the instance in the ArcGIS format. See the ArcGIS REST API documentation for examples of the structure of various input JSON objects.

Returns
Type Description
* Returns a new instance of this class.

hasHandles

Inherited
Method
hasHandles(groupKey){Boolean}
Inherited from Accessor
Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, hasHandles added at 4.25.

Returns true if a named group of handles exist.

Parameter
groupKey *
optional

A group key.

Returns
Type Description
Boolean Returns true if a named group of handles exist.
Example
// Remove a named group of handles if they exist.
if (obj.hasHandles("watch-view-updates")) {
  obj.removeHandles("watch-view-updates");
}

removeHandles

Inherited
Method
removeHandles(groupKey)
Inherited from Accessor
Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, removeHandles added at 4.25.

Removes a group of handles owned by the object.

Parameter
groupKey *
optional

A group key or an array or collection of group keys to remove.

Example
obj.removeHandles(); // removes handles from default group

obj.removeHandles("handle-group");
obj.removeHandles("other-handle-group");

toGraphic

Method
toGraphic(){Graphic}
Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.24 DirectionLine since 4.23, toGraphic added at 4.24.

Creates a Graphic from the DirectionLine instance. The resulting graphic will have attributes that conform to the route layer item schema.

Returns
Type Description
Graphic A Graphic instance.

toJSON

Method
toJSON(){Object}

Converts an instance of this class to its ArcGIS portal JSON representation. See the Using fromJSON() guide topic for more information.

Returns
Type Description
Object The ArcGIS portal JSON representation of an instance of this class.

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