Feature Representation

In addition to the generic FME feature attributes that FME Workbench adds to all features (see About Feature Type Attributes), this format also adds format-specific attributes (Format Attributes).

The ArcGIS Layer modules make use of the following special attribute names.

Attribute Name

Contents

geodb_type

The type of geometric entity stored within the feature. The valid values are listed below:

geodb_point

geodb_multipoint

geodb_polyline

geodb_arc

geodb_ellipse

geodb_polygon

geodb_annotation

geodb_dimension

geodb_simple_junction

geodb_simple_edge

geodb_complex_junction

geodb_complex_edge

For a description of the attributes belonging to each of the different geodb_type’s, please see the chapter Esri Geodatabase Reader/Writer.

geodb_feature_is_simple

Indicates whether or not the geometry is simple.

Features read from a dataset also have an attribute for each attribute in the layer/feature class.