UserGroup.GetGroupCollection Method
Returns information about the specified groups in the current site collection.
Namespace: [UserGroup Web service]
Web service reference: http://Site/_vti_bin/UserGroup.asmx
Syntax
'Declaration
<SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/GetGroupCollection", RequestNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/", _
ResponseNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/", _
Use := SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle := SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)> _
Public Function GetGroupCollection ( _
groupNamesXml As XmlNode _
) As XmlNode
'Usage
Dim instance As UserGroup
Dim groupNamesXml As XmlNode
Dim returnValue As XmlNode
returnValue = instance.GetGroupCollection(groupNamesXml)
[SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/GetGroupCollection", RequestNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/",
ResponseNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/",
Use = SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle = SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)]
public XmlNode GetGroupCollection(
XmlNode groupNamesXml
)
Parameters
groupNamesXml
Type: System.Xml.XmlNodeA System.Xml.XmlNode object that specifies one or more group names in the following form:
<Groups> <Group GroupName="Group1"/> <Group GroupName="Group2"/> . . . </Groups>
Return Value
Type: System.Xml.XmlNode
An XML fragment in the following form that can be assigned to a System.Xml.XmlNode object.
<GetGroupCollection xmlns=
"https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/">
<Groups>
<Group ID="3" Name="Group1" Description="Description" OwnerID="1"
OwnerIsUser="False" />
<Group ID="15" Name="Group2" Description="Description"
OwnerID="12" OwnerIsUser="True" />
.
.
.
</Groups>
</GetGroupCollection>
Examples
The following code example displays information about specified groups on a Web site. The example assumes the existence of a local XML file that contains the names of the groups, which are loaded into a System.Xml.XmlDocument object. This example requires that a using (Visual C#) or Imports (Visual Basic) directive be included for the System.Xml namespace.
Dim usrgrpService As New Web_Reference_Folder_Name.UserGroup()
usrgrpService.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials
Dim myDocument As New XmlDocument()
myDocument.Load("C:\File_Name.xml")
Dim ndGroupNames As XmlNode = myDocument.DocumentElement
Dim ndGroups As System.Xml.XmlNode = usrgrpService.GetGroupCollection(ndGroupNames)
MessageBox.Show(ndGroups.OuterXml)
Web_Reference_Folder_Name.UserGroup usrgrpService = new Web_Reference_Folder_Name.UserGroup();
usrgrpService.Credentials= System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
XmlDocument myDocument = new XmlDocument();
myDocument.Load("C:\\File_Name.xml");
XmlNode ndGroupNames = myDocument.DocumentElement;
System.Xml.XmlNode ndGroups = usrgrpService.GetGroupCollection(ndGroupNames);
MessageBox.Show(ndGroups.OuterXml);