IFeatureWorkspace Interface

Provides access to members that create and open various types of datasets and other workspace level objects.

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Description

The IFeatureWorkspace interface is used to access and manage datasets that are a key component of a feature based geodatabase; Tables and ObjectClasses, FeatureClasses, FeatureDatasets, and RelationshipClasses. All of the Open methods (such as OpenTable) take a dataset name as input. When working with an enterprise geodatabase, the name may be fully qualified (for example, "database.owner.tablename" or "owner.tablename") using the qualification character appropriate to the underlying database (see ISQLSyntax)). If the input name is not fully qualified, then it is qualified using the currently connected user for the workspace.

When working with geodatabases (personal, file or ArcSDE) the workspace keeps a running object table of instantiated datasets. Multiple calls to open an already instantiated dataset will return a reference to the already instantiated dataset.

When To Use

Members

	All Properties Methods	Description
	CreateFeatureClass	Creates a new standalone feature class under the workspace.
	CreateFeatureDataset	Creates a new feature dataset.
	CreateQueryDef	Create a query definition object.
	CreateRelationshipClass	Creates a new relationship class.
	CreateTable	Creates a new table.
	OpenFeatureClass	Opens an existing feature class.
	OpenFeatureDataset	Opens an existing feature dataset.
	OpenFeatureQuery	Opens a feature dataset containing a single feature class defined by the specified Query.
	OpenRelationshipClass	Opens an existing relationship class.
	OpenRelationshipQuery	The table of a relationship join query.
	OpenTable	Opens an existing table.

CoClasses that implement IFeatureWorkspace