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EntityType.ParentName Property

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EntityType.ParentName Property

The name of the parent EntityType object of a specified entity type. For example, the ParentName property of the AdminDivision1 entity type in the MapPoint.AP, MapPoint.BR, MapPoint.EU, MapPoint.NA, MapPoint.World, and MapPoint.WorldRoutable data sources is "AdministrativeDivision".


public ParentName As System.String


[C#]

public System.String ParentName;

Remarks

  • Entity types are hierarchical. The ParentName property of a top-level entity type is null.

  • To return entity type information for a data source, use the CommonServiceSoap.GetEntityTypes method.

Example

[Visual Basic]

'Output all of the entity types in the MapPoint.NA data source
Dim myEntityTypes() As EntityType
Dim myDataSourceName As String = "MapPoint.NA"
myEntityTypes = commonService.GetEntityTypes(myDataSourceName)
Dim et As EntityType
For Each et In myEntityTypes
 Console.WriteLine("The parent entity type of " + et.Name _
       + " is " + et.ParentName)
Next



[C#]

//Output all of the entity types in the MapPoint.NA data source
EntityType[] myEntityTypes;
string myDataSourceName = "MapPoint.NA";
myEntityTypes = commonService.GetEntityTypes(myDataSourceName);
foreach(EntityType et in myEntityTypes)
{
 Console.WriteLine("The parent entity type of " + et.Name 
  + " is " + et.ParentName);
}

See Also

  EntityType Class   |   CommonServiceSoap.GetEntityTypes Method