topic Re: EditOperation.Delete() fails in ArcGIS Pro SDK Questions

EditOperation.Delete() fails

BerendVeldkamp — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 09:30:23 GMT

I am playing with the ArcGIS Pro SDK, and got stuck when trying to delete a feature from a featureclass using an EditOperation.

While FeatureClass.DeleteRows() works fine, the following code throws an error: No parameterless constructor defined for this object.

var result = await QueuedTask.Run(() =>
{
     using (var gdb = new Geodatabase(new FileGeodatabaseConnectionPath(new Uri(@"C:\Data\Test.gdb"))))
     {
          var fc = gdb.OpenDataset<FeatureClass>("punten");
          var cursor = fc.Search(null, false);
          if (cursor.MoveNext())
          {
               var editOp = new EditOperation
               {
                    Name = "Een test"                    
               };

               editOp.Delete(cursor.Current);
               return editOp.Execute();
          }

          return false;
     }
});‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Also, modifying a feature works perfect:

editOp.Modify(cursor.Current, "test", "Hello");‍‍

Am I missing something?

Re: EditOperation.Delete() fails

JohnJones — Wed, 30 May 2018 16:48:27 GMT

This has been fixed in Pro 2.2, sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks

Re: EditOperation.Delete() fails

RichRuh — Wed, 30 May 2018 16:52:40 GMT

As a workaround, you should be able to use the EditOperation.Delete(MapMember, Int64) override, using the layer and ObjectID.

Re: EditOperation.Delete() fails

RichRuh — Wed, 30 May 2018 17:01:04 GMT

As an aside, the FeatureClass, RowCursor, and Row classes all implement System.IDisposable. For correct object lifetime management, you should wrap usage of those variables in a using block. You may have simply removed that code to simplify the sample, but I wasn't sure. (This does not have any impact on the actual delete bug).

We're planning on clarifying this in the geodatabase conceptual documentation in the next release.

Re: EditOperation.Delete() fails

BerendVeldkamp — Thu, 31 May 2018 06:36:21 GMT

Yes, working on a MapMember works. In this case though, I was trying to edit a featureclass that was not added to a map.

Re: EditOperation.Delete() fails

BerendVeldkamp — Thu, 31 May 2018 06:39:01 GMT

Yes, thanks for the reminder about disposing objects.

I was wondering, are Row and Feature objects meant to be short lived, or is it OK to keep them in memory? What are the best practices?

Re: EditOperation.Delete() fails

RichRuh — Thu, 31 May 2018 15:42:55 GMT

The best practice is definitely to call Dispose on Row and Feature objects. Keeping these objects around in memory can cause the system to hold onto file handles or database connections.