/// <summary>
/// adds a layer to the active view
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">full path name</param>
/// <returns>Ilayer</returns>
public ILayer addLayer(string path)
{
IMap map = (IMap)acView;
geoDatabaseUtility geoUtil = new geoDatabaseUtility();
esriDatasetType dType = geoUtil.getDataType(path);
ILayer lyr = null;
switch (dType)
{
case esriDatasetType.esriDTFeatureClass:
IFeatureLayer ftrLayer = new FeatureLayerClass();
ftrLayer.FeatureClass = geoUtil.getFeatureClass(path);
lyr = (ILayer)ftrLayer;
lyr.Name = ftrLayer.FeatureClass.AliasName;
map.AddLayer(lyr);
break;
case esriDatasetType.esriDTRasterBand:
case esriDatasetType.esriDTRasterCatalog:
case esriDatasetType.esriDTRasterDataset:
IRasterLayer rasterLayer = new RasterLayerClass();
rasterLayer.CreateFromDataset(geoUtil.getRasterDataset(path));
rasterLayer.Name = rasterLayer.Name;
map.AddLayer((ILayer)rasterLayer);
break;
case esriDatasetType.esriDTTable:
ITable tbl = geoUtil.getTable(path);
ITableCollection tableCollection = (ITableCollection)map;
tableCollection.AddTable(tbl);
break;
default:
break;
}
acView.Refresh();
return(lyr);
}