Gather details of Annotation Subclass from ArcPro map.ListLayers() objects

DavidMetzler1 — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 10:56:46 GMT

I am attempting to remove all Annotation Subclass layers from a list that is generated from a Map inside of ArcPro.
From what I can tell the subclasses must be a "Layer" inside of Pro.

I cannot find a method to conclusively distinguish which layers are annotation subclasses.

l = [list of Layer Objects]
 for x in l:
 if x:
 try:
 desc = arcpy.Describe(x)
 print (desc.featureClass.featuretype)
 except:
 print (f"{x} cannot be described")
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This will yield "Annotation" for both the Annotation layer, and its subclasses.

desc.name‍

This will yield the Name of the Annotation layer for all subclasses

for x in l:
print  x 
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generates an error **NameError: The attribute 'longName' is not supported on this instance of Layer** as soon as it hits the Annotation subclass

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Gather details of Annotation Subclass from ArcPro map.ListLayers() objects