EntityType Class
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Contains the categorization of a geographic entity relative to other entities. EntityType objects are hierarchical.
Public Class EntityType
Member of [Namespace]
[C#]
public class EntityType : System.Object
Member of [Namespace]
Public Properties
Definition |
The definition of the specified entity type. String. |
DisplayName |
The long descriptive name of the specified entity type. String. |
Name |
The unique name of the specified entity type. String. |
ParentName |
The name of the parent EntityType object of a specified entity type. String. |
Properties |
The array of entity properties (EntityProperty[] objects), which describe the properties of the specified entity type. |
Remarks
The EntityType object is returned from the CommonServiceSoap.GetEntityTypes method.
The value of the Name property is used with:
- the FindFilter.EntityTypeName property, which is passed in the specification filter property to FindByID, FindByProperty, FindNearby, or FindNearRoute methods of the FindServiceSoap class.
- the FindSpecification.EntityTypeNames property, which is passed to the FindServiceSoap.Find method.
- the GetInfoOptions.EntityTypesToReturn property, which is passed to the FindServiceSoap.GetLocationInfo method.
For a list of the geographic entity type names and definitions for the MapPoint.BR, MapPoint.EU, MapPoint.NA, and MapPoint.World data sources, see MapPoint Data Source EntityTypes and Properties.
For a list of the point-of-interest entity type names and definitions for the Acxiom, NavTech.EU, and NavTech.NA data sources, see the following topics:
Acxiom Data Sources and Entity Types
NavTech.EU Entity Types and Properties
NavTech.NA Entity Types and Properties
See Also
EntityProperty Class | CommonServiceSoap.GetEntityTypes Method | FindServiceSoap.GetLocationInfo Method | FindFilter.EntityTypeName Property | FindNearbySpecification.Filter Property | FindServiceSoap.FindNearby Method | FindServiceSoap.FindByID Method | FindServiceSoap.FindByProperty Method | FindServiceSoap.FindNearRoute Method | FindSpecification.EntityTypeNames Property | FindServiceSoap.Find Method | GetInfoOptions.EntityTypesToReturn Property | Acxiom Data Sources and Entity Types | NavTech.EU Entity Types and Properties | NavTech.NA Entity Types and Properties
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