NET wrapper - COM interop?

Question

Hi,

It is really great to see that V1.1 of the File GDB API is now accessible from .NET applications.
Is there any chance of adding COM interoperability, so that we can use the API from non-NET languagues on Windows?

Thanks,

Chris

ArturRedzko · Answer

I don't want you to re-write the file geodatabase API in 'C', just add additional C API wrapper like for .NET. A good example here is GDAL library where most code is in C++ but there is additional C API wrapper around. It can be simplified to limit work required.

VinceAngelo · Answer

Keep in mind that the ArcObjects file geodatabase code is written in C++. This is what has been
ported into the FileGDB API. Esri has no plan to re-write the file geodatabase API in 'C'.
 
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ArturRedzko · Answer

I'm using Delphi too but for me a better solution would be to have clean C API. A temporary solution is to have own C wrapper or use existing via GDAL. I hope that if .NET developers got the API, a similar C API can be created soon. We waited a long time for this SDK so please satisfy all programmers 😉

Regards
Artur