EntityType Class

EntityType Class

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

public propertyDefinition The definition of the specified entity type. String.
public propertyDisplayName The long descriptive name of the specified entity type. String.
public propertyName The unique name of the specified entity type. String.
public propertyParentName The name of the parent EntityType object of a specified entity type. String.
public propertyProperties 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