FdoIConnectionCapabilities * connectionCapabilities;

// FdoThreadCapability is an enumerated type

FdoThreadCapability threadCapability;

// FdoSpatialContextExtentType is an enumerated type

FdoSpatialContextExtentType * spatialContextExtentTypes;

GisInt32 numSpatialContexts;

// FdoLockType is an enumerated type

FdoLockType * lockTypes;

GisInt32 numLockTypes;

bool supportsLocking;

bool supportsTimeout;

bool supportsTransactions;

bool supportsLongTransactions;

bool supportsSQL;

bool supportsConfiguration;

connectionCapabilities = connection->GetConnectionCapabilities();

// GetThreadCapability() returns a single value

threadCapability = connectionCapabilities->GetThreadCapability();

// GetSpatialContextTypes() returns a list

spatialContextExtentTypes = connectionCapabilities->

  GetSpatialContextTypes(numSpatialContexts);

// loop through the spatialContextExtentTypes

supportsLocking = connectionCapabilities->SupportsLocking();

// GetLockTypes() returns a list

lockTypes = connectionCapabilities->GetLockTypes(numLockTypes);

// loop through the lockTypes

supportsTimeout = connectionCapabilities->SupportsTimeout();

supportsTransactions = connectionCapabilities->

  SupportsTransactions();

supportsLongTransactions = connectionCapabilities->

  SupportsLongTransactions();

supportsSQL = connectionCapabilities->SupportsSQL();

supportsConfiguration = connectionCapabilities->

  SupportsConfiguration();