com.esri.arcgis.geodatabase
Interface IIndex

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

IIndexEdit

All Known Implementing Classes:

IIndexEditProxy, IIndexProxy, Index, XMLIndex

public interface IIndex

extends java.io.Serializable

Provides access to members that return information about the index.

Product Availability

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

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Remarks

The IIndex interface is used for read-only access to the properties of an index.

See Also:

IField, IIndex, IIndexes

Method Summary

IFields	getFields() The fields collection for this index.
java.lang.String	getName() The name of the index.
boolean	isAscending() Indicates if the index is based on ascending order.
boolean	isUnique() Indicates if the index is unique.

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()
                         throws java.io.IOException,
                                AutomationException

The name of the index.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Returns:

The name

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

isUnique

public boolean isUnique()
                 throws java.io.IOException,
                        AutomationException

Indicates if the index is unique.

Returns:

The isUnique

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

isAscending

public boolean isAscending()
                    throws java.io.IOException,
                           AutomationException

Indicates if the index is based on ascending order.

Returns:

The isAscending

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

getFields

public IFields getFields()
                  throws java.io.IOException,
                         AutomationException

The fields collection for this index.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Remarks

An Index cannot have more than 10 fields in an index.

Returns:

A reference to a com.esri.arcgis.geodatabase.IFields

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.