com.esri.arcgis.system
Interface IClassify

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefinedInterval, EqualInterval, GeometricalInterval, NaturalBreaks, Quantile, StandardDeviation

Deprecated. This interface uses C style arrays which are not supported in the ArcGIS API for Java. It is replaced by IClassifyGEN. You can use the GEN interface proxy's Object-constructor to cast an instance of this interface to its GEN equivalent. Any ArcGIS class that implements this interface also implements the GEN interface.

public interface IClassify
extends Serializable

Provides access to members that control the classification methods.

Description

Classify objects apply one of several methods to statistically subdivide a set of numeric values into classes.

The IClassify interface is implemented by all the data classification objects (DefinedInterval, EqualInterval, NaturalBreaks, Quantile, StandardDeviation); this is the interface used to pass in histogram data and then classify it into breaks. The ClassID and MethodName properties are used by user interface dialog boxes to identify the classification object and establish what the classification is called.

In general, to classify a dataset, use this interface together with IClassBreaksRenderer. First, add data to the classification using SetHistogramData. Next, set the number of classes and generate breaks using Classify (typically use the same number of classes specified here for IClassBreaksRenderer.BreakCount). Then apply the classification to the renderer by cycling through ClassBreaks and setting each IClassBreaksRenderer.Break.

Remarks

Do not call IClassify.Classify for a StandardDeviation classification until you have set deviation properties using IDeviationInterval.

Instead of IClassify interface, implement IClassifyGEN interface that has been created to replace this one.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

See Also:

StandardDeviation, EqualInterval, NaturalBreaks, ClassBreaksRenderer, DefinedInterval, Quantile

Method Summary

void	classify(int[] numClasses) Deprecated. Classifies data into the specified number of classes.
Object	getClassBreaks() Deprecated. The array of class breaks (double).
IUID	getClassID() Deprecated. The CLSID for the classification object.
String	getMethodName() Deprecated. The name of the classification method (based on choice of classification object).
void	setHistogramData(Object doubleArrayValues, Object longArrayFrequencies) Deprecated. Adds data in form of a histogram (array of values (doubles) and a paired array of frequencies (longs)) to the classification.

Method Detail

setHistogramData

void setHistogramData(Object doubleArrayValues,
                      Object longArrayFrequencies)
                      throws IOException,
                             AutomationException

Deprecated.

Adds data in form of a histogram (array of values (doubles) and a paired array of frequencies (longs)) to the classification.

Description

To pass numeric data into the Classify object, the SetHistogramData method is used. This takes two safe arrays that must have the same number of elements and an index of zero for their first element. The first array is the numeric data values, defined as an array of double. This array must be sorted in increasing value order. The second array represents the frequency of occurrence of the values, that is, an integer count of the number of times a value occurs.

For example, if the two arrays were called DataValues and DataFrequency, the lowest value would be stored in DataValue(0), and the number of times this value occurred would be stored in DataFrequency(0).

You could populate these arrays in code yourself, but if the data is available through the attribute field of a table, you can utilize the TableHistogram object to gather the data values and frequencies for you.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Parameters:

doubleArrayValues - A Variant (in)

longArrayFrequencies - A Variant (in)

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

classify

void classify(int[] numClasses)
              throws IOException,
                     AutomationException

Deprecated.

Classifies data into the specified number of classes.

Description

Classify generates the ClassBreaks given the number of classes specified. Use Classify only after you have added data to the classification using SetHistogramData.

Remarks

Having obtained the data values and frequencies using the SetHistogramData method, the next step is to compute some class breaks. Do this by calling the Classify method and specifying the number of classes you would like. You must supply the number of desired classes as a variable defined as a Long. Some classification algorithms will return a different number of class breaks to what you specified. The number of classes will be written back to the variable you supplied, so it is always best to recheck the number of class breaks after calling Classify.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Parameters:

numClasses - The numClasses (in/out: use single element array)

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

getClassBreaks

Object getClassBreaks()
                      throws IOException,
                             AutomationException

Deprecated.

The array of class breaks (double). ClassBreaks(0) is the minimum value in the dataset, and subsequent breaks represent the upper limit of each class.

Description

ClassBreaks returns an array of class breaks. The number of breaks may be different than what was specified in the Classify method, so it is essential that you check this before setting the BreakCount on IClassBreaksRenderer. The reason this may be different has to do with how a particular classification method handles skewness in the data being classified.

The first ClassBreak returned is the minimum value of the data being classified. The rest of the breaks are the upper bounds for each class. The last break represents the upper bound of the highest class.

To properly assign ClassBreaks to an IClassBreaksRenderer:

1. Set IClassBreaksRenderer.MinimumBreak = IClassify.ClassBreaks(0)

2. Set IClassBreaksRenderer.Breaks(0) = IClassify.ClassBreaks(1)

3. Set IClassBreaksRenderer.Breaks(1) = IClassify.ClassBreaks(2)

etc.

Remarks

Note that the Breaks property array on the ClassBreaksRenderer has one less entry than the array returned from Classify. The first break value in the array returned from Classify is put into the ClassBreakRenderers’ MinimumBreak property. Next, copy the break values into the ClassBreaksRenderer object. You can set up the symbol property of the classes at the same time.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Returns:

A Variant

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

getMethodName

String getMethodName()
                     throws IOException,
                            AutomationException

Deprecated.

The name of the classification method (based on choice of classification object).

Description

MethodName returns the classification method name (as it appears in the classification dialog). Use to determine the CoClass currently implementing IClassify .

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Returns:

The txt

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

See Also:

StandardDeviation, EqualInterval, NaturalBreaks, ClassBreaksRenderer, DefinedInterval, Quantile

getClassID

IUID getClassID()
                throws IOException,
                       AutomationException

Deprecated.

The CLSID for the classification object.

Description

Returns the GUID of the classification object.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Returns:

A reference to a com.esri.arcgis.system.IUID

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.