FindSpecification.EntityTypeNames Property

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FindSpecification.EntityTypeNames Property

An array of strings representing the names of the entity types (EntityType.Name property) to find. String[].


Public EntityTypeNames As System.String()


[C#]

public System.String[] EntityTypeNames;

Remarks

  • The EntityTypeNames property is used with the specification parameter of the FindServiceSoap.Find method.

  • If the EntityTypeNames property is null or a zero-length array, all entity types specified in the DataSourceName property are searched.

Example

[Visual Basic]

'Return only city entities in the search
Dim myEntityTypeNames(0) As String
myEntityTypeNames(0) = "PopulatedPlace"

Dim findSpec As New FindSpecification()
findSpec.DataSourceName = "MapPoint.NA"
findSpec.InputPlace = "Seattle"
findSpec.EntityTypeNames = myEntityTypeNames

Dim foundResults As FindResults
foundResults = findService.Find(findSpec)

Dim fr As FindResult
For Each fr In foundResults.Results
 Console.WriteLine(fr.FoundLocation.Entity.DisplayName)
Next



[C#]

//Return only city entities in the search
string[] myEntityTypeNames = new string[1];
myEntityTypeNames[0] = "PopulatedPlace";

FindSpecification findSpec  = new FindSpecification();
findSpec.DataSourceName = "MapPoint.NA";
findSpec.InputPlace = "Seattle";
findSpec.EntityTypeNames = myEntityTypeNames;

FindResults foundResults;
foundResults = findService.Find(findSpec);

foreach(FindResult fr in foundResults.Results)
{
 Console.WriteLine(fr.FoundLocation.Entity.DisplayName);
}

See Also

  FindSpecification Class   |   EntityType.Name Property   |   FindServiceSoap.Find Method   |   FindSpecification.DataSourceName Property