[Visual Basic 6.0]
Public Sub FeatureBufferCode()
    Dim pWorFact As IWorkspaceFactory
    Dim pWor As IWorkspace
    Dim pFeatWor As IFeatureWorkspace
    Dim pWorEdit As IWorkspaceEdit
    Dim pFC As IFeatureClass
    Dim pFeatureBuffer As IFeatureBuffer
    Dim pFeatureCursor As IFeatureCursor
    Dim pFeature As IFeature
    Dim pPolyline As IPolyline
    Dim pt As IPoint
    Dim q As Long, i As Long
    
    Set pWorFact = New AccessWorkspaceFactory
    Set pWor = pWorFact.OpenFromFile("D:\Testing\Data\GDB1.mdb", 0)
    Set pFeatWor = pWor
    Set pWorEdit = pWor
    Set pFC = pFeatWor.OpenFeatureClass("casing")
    
    pWorEdit.StartEditing True
    pWorEdit.StartEditOperation
        Set pFeatureBuffer = pFC.CreateFeatureBuffer
        Set pFeatureCursor = pFC.Insert(True)
        Set pFeature = pFeatureBuffer
        Set pPolyline = New Polyline
        
        'Create 100 features using FeatureBuffer and insert into a feature cursor
        For i = 0 To 99
            'Create the polyline geometry to assign to the new feature
            Set pt = New Point
            pt.X = 2213300 + i
            pt.Y = 396500 + i
            pPolyline.FromPoint = pt
            Set pt = New Point
            pt.X = 2213300 + i
            pt.Y = 396500 + i
            pPolyline.ToPoint = pt
            
            'Set the feature's shape
            Set pFeature.Shape = pPolyline
            
            'Insert the feature into the feature cursor
            q = pFeatureCursor.InsertFeature(pFeatureBuffer)
        Next i
        
        'Flush the feature cursor to the database
        pFeatureCursor.Flush
    pWorEdit.StopEditOperation
    pWorEdit.StopEditing True
        
End Sub

[C#]
    //IFeatureBuffer Example
    public void IFeatureBuffer_Example(IFeatureClass featureClass)
    {
        //Function is designed to work with polyline data
        if (featureClass.ShapeType != ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.esriGeometryType.esriGeometryPolyline) { return; }
        //get the Workspace from the IDataset interface on the feature class
        IDataset dataset = (IDataset)featureClass;
        IWorkspace workspace = dataset.Workspace;
        //Cast for an IWorkspaceEdit
        IWorkspaceEdit workspaceEdit = (IWorkspaceEdit)workspace;
        //Start an edit session and operation
        workspaceEdit.StartEditing(true);
        workspaceEdit.StartEditOperation();
        //Create the Feature Buffer
        IFeatureBuffer featureBuffer = featureClass.CreateFeatureBuffer();
        //Create insert Feature Cursor using buffering = true.
        IFeatureCursor featureCursor = featureClass.Insert(true);
        object featureOID;
        //With a feature buffer you have the ability to set the attribute for a specific field to be
        //the same for all features added to the buffer.
        featureBuffer.set_Value(featureBuffer.Fields.FindField("InstalledBy"), "K Johnston");
        //Here you can set the featurebuffers's shape by setting the featureBuffer.Shape 
        //to a geomerty that matched the featureclasses.
        //Create 100 features using FeatureBuffer and insert into a feature cursor
        ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.IPolyline polyline = new ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.PolylineClass();
        ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.IPoint point = new ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.PointClass();
        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
        {
            //Create the polyline geometry to assign to the new feature
            point.X = 498490 + i * 10;
            point.Y = 675380 + i * 10;
            polyline.FromPoint = point;
            point = new ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.PointClass();
            point.X = 498480 + i * 10;
            point.Y = 675390 + i * 10;
            polyline.ToPoint = point;
            featureBuffer.Shape = polyline;
            //Insert the feature into the feature cursor
            featureOID = featureCursor.InsertFeature(featureBuffer);
        }
        //Flush the feature cursor to the database
        //Calling flush allows you to handle any errors at a known time rather then on the cursor destruction.
        featureCursor.Flush();
        //Stop editing
        workspaceEdit.StopEditOperation();
        workspaceEdit.StopEditing(true);
        //Release the Cursor
        System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(featureCursor);
    }

[Visual Basic .NET, C++]
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