MapItemAttributeMapping Class

The mapping of an attribute applied to a map item.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraMap

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraMap.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public class MapItemAttributeMapping :
    IOwnedElement,
    IMapDataManagerProvider

VB.NET

Public Class MapItemAttributeMapping
    Implements IOwnedElement,
               IMapDataManagerProvider

Remarks

This class introduces the MapItemAttributeMapping.Member property to specify the data source member used to generate attribute value, as well as the MapItemAttributeMapping.Name property to specify the name of generated attribute.

See the Provide Data Using Vector Item Attributes topic to learn more.

Example

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This example illustrates how to bind a Map control to data. This data is stored in an external XML file, which contains information about wrecked ships, including ship coordinates.

In this example, the map control automatically generates ship images based on data from the data source, along with a description for each image in a tooltip.

To accomplish this task, do the following:

1. Create a ListSourceDataAdapter object and assign it to the VectorItemsLayer.Data property.
2. Create a data source (in this example, this is a data table object generated by the LoadData method) and assign it to the DataSourceAdapterBase.DataSource property of the data adapter.
3. To define names of data fields that contain information about latitude and longitude of vector items, specify appropriate values for MapItemMappingInfo.Latitude and MapItemMappingInfo.Longitude properties of the object, returned by the ListSourceDataAdapter.Mappings property.
4. After that, define the names of other data fields that provide additional information for generated vector items. Note that these data fields values are accessible via attributes - and so you should specify attribute mapping via the DataSourceAdapterBase.AttributeMappings object.

Also, this sample illustrates how to customize tooltips using the MapItemsLayerBase.ToolTipPattern property.

Note

If you run this sample as is, you will get a warning message saying that the specified Bing Maps key is invalid. To learn how to avoid this error, refer to the How to: Get a Bing Maps Key tutorial.

C#

// In the Form's constructor.
object data = LoadData(@"..\..\Data\Ships.xml");

// Create a vector layer.
map.Layers.Add(new VectorItemsLayer() {
    Data = CreateAdapter(data),
    ToolTipPattern = "<b>{Name} ({Year})</b> \r\n{Description}",
    ItemImageIndex = 0
});


// Creates an adapter for the map's vector layer.
private IMapDataAdapter CreateAdapter(object source) {
    ListSourceDataAdapter adapter = new ListSourceDataAdapter();

    adapter.DataSource = source;

    adapter.Mappings.Latitude = "Latitude";
    adapter.Mappings.Longitude = "Longitude";

    adapter.AttributeMappings.Add(new MapItemAttributeMapping() { Member = "Name", Name = "Name" });
    adapter.AttributeMappings.Add(new MapItemAttributeMapping() { Member = "Year", Name = "Year" });
    adapter.AttributeMappings.Add(new MapItemAttributeMapping() { Member = "Description", Name = "Description" });

    return adapter;
}

// Loads data from a XML file.
private List<ShipwreckData> LoadData(string path) {
    return XDocument.Load(path).Element("Ships").Elements("Ship")
        .Select(e => new ShipwreckData(
            year: Convert.ToInt32(e.Element("Year").Value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
            name: e.Element("Name").Value,
            description: e.Element("Description").Value,
            latitude: Convert.ToDouble(e.Element("Latitude").Value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
            longitude: Convert.ToDouble(e.Element("Longitude").Value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
        ))
        .ToList();
}

public class ShipwreckData {
    public int Year { get; }
    public string Name { get; }
    public string Description { get; }
    public double Latitude { get; }
    public double Longitude { get; }

    public ShipwreckData(int year, string name, string description, double latitude, double longitude) {
        this.Year = year;
        this.Name = name;
        this.Description = description;
        this.Latitude = latitude;
        this.Longitude = longitude;
    }
}

VB.NET

' In the Form's constructor.
Dim data As Object = LoadData("..\..\Data\Ships.xml")

' Create a vector layer.
map.Layers.Add(New VectorItemsLayer() With { _
    .Data = CreateAdapter(data), _
    .ToolTipPattern = "<b>{Name} ({Year})</b> " & ControlChars.CrLf & "{Description}", _
    .ItemImageIndex = 0 _
})


' Creates an adapter for the map's vector layer.
Private Function CreateAdapter(ByVal source As Object) As IMapDataAdapter
    Dim adapter As New ListSourceDataAdapter()

    adapter.DataSource = source

    adapter.Mappings.Latitude = "Latitude"
    adapter.Mappings.Longitude = "Longitude"

    adapter.AttributeMappings.Add(New MapItemAttributeMapping() With {.Member = "Name", .Name = "Name"})
    adapter.AttributeMappings.Add(New MapItemAttributeMapping() With {.Member = "Year", .Name = "Year"})
    adapter.AttributeMappings.Add(New MapItemAttributeMapping() With {.Member = "Description", .Name = "Description"})

    Return adapter
End Function

' Loads data from a XML file.
Private Function LoadData(ByVal path As String) As List(Of ShipwreckData)
    Return XDocument.Load(path).Element("Ships").Elements("Ship") _
        .Select(Function(e) New ShipwreckData(
            year:=Convert.ToInt32(e.Element("Year").Value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
            name:=e.Element("Name").Value,
            description:=e.Element("Description").Value,
            latitude:=Convert.ToDouble(e.Element("Latitude").Value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
            longitude:=Convert.ToDouble(e.Element("Longitude").Value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
        )) _
        .ToList()
End Function

Public Class ShipwreckData
    Public ReadOnly Property Year() As Integer
    Public ReadOnly Property Name() As String
    Public ReadOnly Property Description() As String
    Public ReadOnly Property Latitude() As Double
    Public ReadOnly Property Longitude() As Double

    Public Sub New(ByVal year As Integer, ByVal name As String, ByVal description As String, ByVal latitude As Double, ByVal longitude As Double)
        Me.Year = year
        Me.Name = name
        Me.Description = description
        Me.Latitude = latitude
        Me.Longitude = longitude
    End Sub
End Class

Inheritance

Object

MapItemAttributeMapping