How To Modify a Polygon

Purpose
The following code demonstrates how to modify a polygon geometry object using a user input point. The modifyOneVertexOfAPolygon() method shows how to modify a polygon vertex using Hittest. The modifyOneSegmentOfAPolygon() shows how to modify a polygon segment using Hittest.

How to use

See How to use ArcGIS samples for help on running the sample. If the sample has associated data, you will find that the sample's zip file includes a "data" folder alongside the language folders. However, you will need to update the sample to point to the location of the data once you have extracted all the files.

How to run this sample?
  1. Run the application in Eclipse IDE or command line. The application requires full path to a shapefile containing polygon data, as argument.
  2. Examine output.


Download the files for Java
ModifyPolygon.java Main class



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