Summary
The Describe function returns the following properties for Representation Classes. Dataset Properties are also supported.
Describe properties for Representation Classes can be obtained from either the GDBFeatureClass.representations property or the DescribeObject.children property of a GDB FeatureClass.
A Representation Class returns a dataType of "RepresentationClass".
Properties
| Property | Explanation | Data Type |
| overrideFieldName (Read Only) | The name of the Override field. | String |
| requireShapeOverride (Read Only) | Indicates if a shape override is required for feature representations. | Boolean |
| ruleIDFieldName (Read Only) | The name of the RuleID field. | String |
Code sample
The following stand-alone script displays properties for all the representation classes in a feature class.
import arcpy
# Create a Describe object
#
desc = arcpy.Describe("C:/data/moad.gdb/Water_Bodies")
# Print RepresentationClass properties for each representation
# in the feature class.
#
for child in desc.representations:
if child.datasetType == "RepresentationClass":
print child.name
print "\t%-25s %s" % ("Override field name:", child.overrideFieldName)
print "\t%-25s %s" % ("Shape override required:", child.requireShapeOverride)
print "\t%-25s %s" % ("RuleID field name:", child.ruleIDFieldName)