I'm making a geoprocessing tool with the ArcObjects SDK Java 10.2. I need to modify labeling colors of a layer of the current map. Is it possible from the execute function to access the map currently opened in ArcMap ? I need to get the current IMapDocument or IMap in order to set up parameters of the layers (IGeoFeatureLayer). How can I do that please ?
You can use getMap() or getMapLayers() methods of the GPUtilities class. Note that this can return null depending on how and where your geoprocessing tool is run.
If you need to specify rendering of an output layer, I believe the correct way to do that is to implement IGPFunction2.getRenderer() method on your GP function class.
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Yes, as my geoprocessing tool extends a BaseGeoprocessingTool, I can access a gpUtilities object and then get the activeView or map if the gp tool is launched in an ArcMap environnement. Thanks a lot for this help ! – superrache Feb 18 '14 at 12:51
.Net function to return the current active IMap, not sure if you can adapt this for java... good luck!
Public Function GetMapFromArcMap(ByVal application As ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework.IApplication) As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IMap
Dim mxDocument As ESRI.ArcGIS.ArcMapUI.IMxDocument = CType(application.Document, ESRI.ArcGIS.ArcMapUI.IMxDocument) ' Explicit Cast
Dim activeView As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IActiveView = mxDocument.ActiveView
Dim map As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IMap = activeView.FocusMap
Return map
End Function
