Package com.luciad.format.dgn

Interface ILcdDGNDatabaseAttribute

All Superinterfaces:

ILcdDGNAttributes, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

TLcdDGNDMRSAttribute, TLcdDGNMsLinkAttribute

public interface ILcdDGNDatabaseAttribute
extends ILcdDGNAttributes

This interface represents a ILcdDGNAttributes element that refers to a database.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	getEntity()
int	getMsLink()
String	getURL()

Methods inherited from interface com.luciad.format.dgn.ILcdDGNAttributes

getNextAttribute

Method Details

getURL

String getURL()

Returns:

the URL assigned by the model decoder, typically pointing to the database that contains the attribute values.

getEntity

int getEntity()

Returns:

the ENTITY number of the attribute, specifying the table in which the attributes can be found.

The attribute table name can be retrieved from the TABLENAME column in the MSCATALOG table, based on the ENTITY key:

SELECT TABLENAME FROM MSCATALOG WHERE ENTITYNUM = <entity>

The default table name is FEATURE.

getMsLink

int getMsLink()

Returns:

the MSLINK value of the attribute, specifying the attribute value.

The attributes can be retrieved from attribute table, based on the MSLINK key:

SELECT * FROM <attribute table> WHERE MSLINK = <mslink>