Code for getting hold of a table, using a layer's name

Details

This just shows how to loop through the layers in the FocusMap until you find the right one, and get the table out of it.

Original author/s: Andy Evans
Original location/s:
Adapted by:
License: none

Imports and instance variables

	import com.esri.arcgis.framework.*;
	import com.esri.arcgis.arcmapui.*;
	import com.esri.arcgis.carto.*;
	import com.esri.arcgis.geodatabase.*;
	
	private IApplication app = someApplication; // Set up by an init() or equivalent.
	

Code

	IMxDocument mxDocument = (IMxDocument)app.getDocument();
	IMap map = mxDocument.getFocusMap();

	ILayer layer = null;

	for (int i=0; i < map.getLayerCount(); i++) {
		layer = map.getLayer(i);  
		if (layer.getName().equals("layerName")) {
			break;
		}		
	}

	IAttributeTable pAttributeTable = (IAttributeTable) layer;
	ITable table = pAttributeTable.getAttributeTable();