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IValidation Interface

Provides access to members that manage rules and validate them. Note: the IValidation interface has been superseded by IValidation2. Please consider using the more recent version.

Product Availability

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

Description

IValidation interface is a member of the ObjectClass coclass. It is used to maintain rules, and also to validate the workspace or object class based on the rules associated with it. Rules can be added, deleted, and validated through this interface. Also rule objects associated with the object class can be obtained from this interface.

When To Use

IValidation is the interface on a ObjectClass object used to add/delete rules, as well as validate those rules against the current object class. For example, use the IValidation interface to add a connectivity/attribute rule to this particular object class. You can then create a query filter based on this object class and use the validate function to see if there are any features that are considered invalid based on these rules.

Members

	Name	Description
	AddRule	Adds the rule to the set of associated rules.
	DeleteRule	Deletes the rule from the set of associated rules.
	Rules	The rules associated with the class.
	RulesByField	The rules associated with the attribute.
	RulesBySubtypeCode	The rules associated with the subtype.
	Validate	Validates the selection.
	ValidateSelection	Validates the selection.
	ValidateSet	Validates the set.

Classes that implement IValidation

Classes	Description
FeatureClass	Esri Feature Class object.
ObjectClass	Esri Object Class object.
ObjectClassValidator	Esri ObjectClassValidator object.
SchematicDiagramClass (esriSchematic)	Schematic diagram class object.
SchematicElementClass (esriSchematic)	Schematic element class object.
TemporalRecordSet (esriTrackingAnalyst)	Defines the COM coclass for the TemporalRecordSet COM object.