Entity.Get.FieldType.(String)

Public Class

Retrieves the value of the field in the entity.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB.ExtensibleStorage

Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)

Syntax

public FieldType Get<FieldType>(
  string fieldName
)

Parameters

fieldNameString

The name of the field to retrieve.

Type Parameters

FieldType

The type of the field

Return Value

FieldType

Exceptions

Exception

Condition

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ArgumentNullException

A non-optional argument was NULL

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InvalidOperationException

The Field belongs to a different Schema from this Entity, or this Entity is invalid.

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ArgumentException

Requested type does not match the field type.

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ArgumentException

The name matches no field in this Entity’s Schema.

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ArgumentException

For floating-point fields, use the overload taking a ForgeTypeId parameter.

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ArgumentException

This field’s subschema prevents reading.

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Remarks

The template parameter must match the type of the field (specified when creating the Schema) exactly; this method does not perform data type conversions. The types for containers are IList for arrays and IDictionary for maps.

This method is a shortcut that will look up the field by name. If you want to call it on many entities, it is faster if you look up the field yourself.