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WorkspaceClass Class

Workspace Object.

Product Availability

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

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Interfaces

Interfaces	Description
IDatabaseCompact	Provides access to members for compacting a file or personal geodatabase.
IDatabaseConnectionInfo	Provides access to members that provide information about the Workspace's connected database.
IDataset	Provides access to members that supply dataset information.
IDatasetContainer	Provides access to adding datasets to the dataset container.
IFeatureWorkspace	Provides access to members that create and open various types of datasets and other workspace level objects.
IFeatureWorkspaceAnno	Provides access to creating an annotation class as well as managing a symbol collection.
IFeatureWorkspaceManage	Provides access to dataset deletion and renaming, table and index analysis, field validation and version and object class registration .
IFeatureWorkspaceSchemaEdit	Provides access to altering the instance CLSID and the class extension CLSID.
IGeodatabaseRelease	Provides access to members that provide information about the release version of a geodatabase.
IRasterWorkspaceEx	Provides access to members that create and open raster catalogs and datasets.
ISpatialCacheManager	Provides access to members that control the Spatial Cache Management.
ISpatialCacheManager2	Provides access to members that control the Spatial Cache Management.
ISQLSyntax	Provides access to members that supply information about SQL functionality.
ITopologyWorkspace	Provides access to members that access the topologies in a workspace.
ITransactions	Provides access to members that control Transaction management.
ITransactionsOptions	Provides access to members that control Transaction options.
IWorkspace	Provides access to members that have information about the workspace.
IWorkspace2	Provides access to members that have information about the workspace.
IWorkspaceConfiguration	Provides access to configuration keywords.
IWorkspaceDomains	Provides access to members that return information about domains and allows you to add or delete domains.
IWorkspaceDomains2	Provides access to members that allow you to alter a domain.
IWorkspaceDomains3	Provides access to members that allow you to alter a domain.
IWorkspaceEdit	Provides access to members that control Workspace Editing.
IWorkspaceEditControl	Provides access to method that controls if insert and update cursors on simple classes can bypass store events
IWorkspaceEvents	Provides access to events that may be fired by a Workspace.
IWorkspaceEvents2	Provides access to events that may be fired by a Workspace.
IWorkspaceExtensionManager	Provides access to members that manage a workspace extension.
IWorkspaceReplicaDatasets	Provides access to members that return a list of replica datasets.
IWorkspaceReplicas	Provides access to members that return objects containing information about replicas.
IWorkspaceReplicasAdmin	Provides access to members that modify information about a replica.
IWorkspaceReplicasAdmin2	Provides access to members that modify information about a replica.
IWorkspaceReplicasAdmin3	Provides access to members that modify information about a replica.
IWorkspaceSpatialReferenceInfo	Provides access to spatial reference information for the workspace.

Remarks

A Workspace is a container of spatial and non-spatial datasets such as feature classes, raster datasets and tables. It provides methods to instantiate existing datasets and to create new datasets. Workspaces are classified into types specified by the esriWorkspaceType enumerator; FileSystemWorkspace, LocalDatabaseWorkspace, and RemoteDatabaseWorkspace. Shapefiles and ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced workspaces are examples of FileSystemWorkspace. A personal geodatabase stored in an Access or a File Geodatabase is an example of a LocalDatabaseWorkspace. A geodatabase stored in an RDBMS such as Oracle, DB2, SqlServer, or Informix and accessed via ArcSDE is an example of a RemoteDatabaseWorkspace.

A Workspace hands out a WorkspaceName name object as the value of its FullName property. The WorkspaceName for a workspace can be persisted, for example, in a map document. An application can call the Open method on the workspace name after loading it from persistent storage in order to connect to and get an object reference to the workspace.