IWorkspace.Exists()

Question

I have a valid and existent workspace (file geodatabase) in a specific folder.

    [TestMethod]
    public void WorkspaceHandler_TestConstructor_FileGdbWorkspace()
    {
        workHandler = new WorkspaceHandler(gdbWorkspace);

        IWorkspace workspace = workHandler.GetCurrentWorkspace;

        Assert.AreEqual(gdbWorkspace, workspace.PathName);
        Assert.AreEqual(esriWorkspaceType.esriLocalDatabaseWorkspace, workspace.Type);
        Assert.AreEqual(false, workspace.IsDirectory());
        Assert.AreEqual(true, workspace.Exists());
    }

My last assert fails. All the other ones are working OK. Is there any sort of specificity on this particular method?

Answer 1

I'm able to reproduce this with 9.3.1 - I'd call it a bug. I never use this method. Instead, I use IWorkspaceFactory.IsWorkspace. The help doc says IWorkspace.Exists is there so you can detect if the underlying files for a workspace have been deleted by another app. I'd bet IsWorkspace can do this too, but I'd check.

Answer 2

This is a bug which was fixed in ArcGIS 10.0.