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IFeatureClassContainer Interface

Provides access to members that return feature classes by name, ID and index.

Product Availability

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

Members

	Name	Description
	Class	The FeatureClass associated with the specified index value.
	ClassByID	The FeatureClass with the specified ID.
	ClassByName	The FeatureClass with the specified name.
	ClassCount	The number of FeatureClasses in this container.
	Classes	An enumerator over the FeatureClasses.

Classes that implement IFeatureClassContainer

Classes	Description
FeatureDataset	Esri Feature Dataset object.
GeometricNetwork	Esri Geometric Network object.
NetworkDataset	A container for querying information about a network dataset.
Topology	Esri Topology object.

Remarks

The IFeatureClassContainer interface provides access to feature classes. For feature datasets, it can be seen as an alternative to the functionality available on other objects. Also, since IFeatureClassContainer is implemented by IGeometricNetwork and ITopology, it can be used to return the feature classes which participate in those types of datasets.

There is no guarentee on the order that the feature classes will be returned for IFeatureClassContainer::Classes.

Opening a feature class that participates in a topology or geometric network will also open all other feature classes participating in the topology or geometric network in memory.

.NET Samples

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