com.esri.arcgis.system
Class EngineUtilities

java.lang.Object
  com.esri.arcgis.system.EngineUtilities

public class EngineUtilities
extends Object

Constructor Summary

EngineUtilities()

Method Summary

static Image	getImageFromPicture(Picture picture) Converts an ArcObjects Picture/IPicture/StdPicture to a Java Image
static IUID	getWorkspaceFactoryTypeID(Class clazz) Returns the workspace factory type ID for a Java class implementing IPlugInWorkspaceFactoryHelper.
static boolean	instanceOf(Object arg, Class cls) Tests if a given Arcobject is an instance of (i.e.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

EngineUtilities

public EngineUtilities()

Method Detail

getImageFromPicture

public static Image getImageFromPicture(Picture picture)
                                 throws IOException

Converts an ArcObjects Picture/IPicture/StdPicture to a Java Image

Parameters:

picture - - this can be a StdPicture, Picture or IPicture

Returns:

the equivalent image in Java

Throws:

IOException

getWorkspaceFactoryTypeID

public static IUID getWorkspaceFactoryTypeID(Class clazz)
                                      throws IOException

Returns the workspace factory type ID for a Java class implementing IPlugInWorkspaceFactoryHelper.

 class PlugInWorkspaceFactoryHelper implements IPlugInWorkspaceFactoryHelper {

     ...
    public IUID getWorkspaceFactoryTypeID(){
        return EngineUtilities.getWorkspaceFactoryTypeID(this.getClass());    
    }
 }
 

Parameters:

clazz - The class implementing IPlugInWorkspaceFactoryHelper

Returns:

the IUID

Throws:

IOException

instanceOf

public static boolean instanceOf(Object arg,
                                 Class cls)

Tests if a given Arcobject is an instance of (i.e. implements) the specified ArcObjects Interface. If the specified ArcObject instance implements the specified ArcObjects interface, EngineUItilities.instanceof() returns true.

Parameters:

arg - the object to be tested

cls - the ArcObjects interface

Returns:

true if the object implements the specified interface, false otherwise