EntityType Class

EntityType Class

Contains the categorization of a geographic entity relative to other entities. EntityType objects are hierarchical.

Public Class EntityType Inherits System.Object


[C#]

public class EntityType : System.Object

Public Properties

Name	Description
Definition	A description of the specified entity type. For example, the value of the Definition property of the AdminDivision1 entity type in the MapPoint.AP, MapPoint.BR, MapPoint.EU, MapPoint.NA, MapPoint.World, and MapPoint.WorldRoutable data sources is "A first-order, initial political subdivision of a [CountryRegion], such as a state, province, department, region, or prefecture".
DisplayName	The descriptive name of a specified entity type. For example, the value of the DisplayName property of the AdminDivision1 entity type in the MapPoint.AP, MapPoint.BR, MapPoint.EU, MapPoint.NA, MapPoint.World, and MapPoint.WorldRoutable data sources is "First-order administrative division".
Name	The unique name of a specified entity type.
ParentName	The name of the parent EntityType object of a specified entity type. For example, the ParentName property of the AdminDivision1 entity type in the MapPoint.AP, MapPoint.BR, MapPoint.EU, MapPoint.NA, MapPoint.World, and MapPoint.WorldRoutable data sources is "AdministrativeDivision".
Properties	The array of entity properties (EntityProperty[] objects) that describe the properties of a specified entity type. For example, a Properties property of the SIC7011 entity type in the NavTech.NA data source is EntityProperty.Name="poi_name", EntityProperty.DisplayName="Business Name", EntityProperty.DataType="string".

Remarks

• The EntityType object is returned by the CommonServiceSoap.GetEntityTypes method.

• The value of the EntityType.Name property is used with the following properties and methods:

  FindFilter.EntityTypeName property.

  FindSpecification.EntityTypeNames property.

  GetInfoOptions.EntityTypesToReturn property.

  FindServiceSoap.FindByID method.

  FindServiceSoap.FindByProperty method.

  FindServiceSoap.FindNearby method.

  FindServiceSoap.FindNearRoute method.

  FindServiceSoap.Find method.

  FindServiceSoap.FindPolygon method.

  FindServiceSoap.GetLocationInfo method.

• For more information about names and definitions for geographic entity types in the MapPoint.AP, MapPoint.BR, MapPoint.EU, MapPoint.NA, MapPoint.World, and MapPoint.WorldRoutable data sources, see MapPoint Data Sources.

• For more information about names and definitions for point-of-interest entity types in the MapPoint.NAICS, NavTech.EU, and NavTech.NA data sources, see the following topics:

  NavTech.EU Entity Types and Properties

  NavTech.NA Entity Types and Properties

See Also

  EntityProperty Class   |   FindFilter.EntityTypeName Property   |   FindNearbySpecification.Filter Property   |   FindSpecification.EntityTypeNames Property   |   GetInfoOptions.EntityTypesToReturn Property