IEntityTypeManagement.GetCategories Method (ManagementPackElement)

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12/06/2012

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Gets all categories that are applied to the provided management pack element.

Namespace: Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement
Assembly: Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Core (in Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Core.dll)

Usage

'Usage
Dim instance As IEntityTypeManagement
Dim element As ManagementPackElement
Dim returnValue As IList(Of ManagementPackCategory)

returnValue = instance.GetCategories(element)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function GetCategories ( _
    element As ManagementPackElement _
) As IList(Of ManagementPackCategory)

IList<ManagementPackCategory> GetCategories (
    ManagementPackElement element
)

IList<ManagementPackCategory^>^ GetCategories (
    ManagementPackElement^ element
)

IList<ManagementPackCategory> GetCategories (
    ManagementPackElement element
)

function GetCategories (
    element : ManagementPackElement
) : IList<ManagementPackCategory>

Parameters

element
The management pack element that is used to retrieve categories.

Return Value

The list of categories.

Exceptions

Exception type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	The element parameter is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Thread Safety

This method is thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and

Target Platforms

Windows Server 2008,Windows Server 2003

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