EntityType.Name Property

EntityType.Name Property

The unique name of a specified entity type.

Public Name As System.String


[C#]

public System.String Name;

Remarks

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

  FindFilter.EntityTypeName property.

  FindSpecification.EntityTypeNames property.

  GetInfoOptions.EntityTypesToReturn property.

  FindByIDSpecification.Filter property.

  FindByPropertySpecification.Filter property.

  FindByIDSpecification.Filter property.

  FindNearRouteSpecification.Filter property.

  FindByID method.

  FindByProperty method.

  FindNearby method.

  FindNearRoute method.

  FindServiceSoap.FindPolygon method.

  FindServiceSoap.Find method.

  FindServiceSoap.GetLocationInfo method.

• To return entity type information for a data source, use the CommonServiceSoap.GetEntityTypes method.

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

  NavTech.EU Entity Types and Properties

  NavTech.NA Entity Types and Properties

Example

[Visual Basic]

'Output all of the entity types in the MapPoint.NA data source
Dim myEntityTypes() As EntityType
Dim myDataSourceName As String = "MapPoint.NA"
myEntityTypes = commonService.GetEntityTypes(myDataSourceName)
Dim et As EntityType
For Each et In myEntityTypes
 Console.WriteLine(et.Name)
Next



[C#]

//Output all of the entity types in the MapPoint.NA data source
EntityType[] myEntityTypes;
string myDataSourceName = "MapPoint.NA";
myEntityTypes = commonService.GetEntityTypes(myDataSourceName);
foreach(EntityType et in myEntityTypes)
{
 Console.WriteLine(et.Name);
}

See Also

  EntityType Class   |   FindFilter.EntityTypeName Property   |   FindNearbySpecification.Filter Property   |   FindSpecification.EntityTypeNames Property   |   CommonServiceSoap.GetEntityTypes Method