UserGroup.GetGroupCollectionFromRole Method
Returns information about the collection of groups assigned to the specified role definition.
Namespace: [UserGroup Web service]
Web service reference: http://Site/_vti_bin/UserGroup.asmx
Syntax
'Declaration
<SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/GetGroupCollectionFromRole", RequestNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/", _
ResponseNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/", _
Use := SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle := SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)> _
Public Function GetGroupCollectionFromRole ( _
roleName As String _
) As XmlNode
'Usage
Dim instance As UserGroup
Dim roleName As String
Dim returnValue As XmlNode
returnValue = instance.GetGroupCollectionFromRole(roleName)
[SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/GetGroupCollectionFromRole", RequestNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/",
ResponseNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/",
Use = SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle = SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)]
public XmlNode GetGroupCollectionFromRole(
string roleName
)
Parameters
roleName
Type: System.StringA string that contains the name of the role definition.
Return Value
Type: System.Xml.XmlNode
An XML fragment in the following form that can be assigned to a System.Xml.XmlNode object.
<GetGroupCollectionFromRole 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" />
<Group ID="16" Name="Group3" Description="Description"
OwnerID="7" OwnerIsUser="False" />
</Groups>
</GetGroupCollectionFromRole>
Examples
The following code example displays information about the collection of groups assigned to a specified role definition. This example requires that a using (Visual #) 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 ndGroups As System.Xml.XmlNode = usrgrpService.GetGroupCollectionFromRole("Role_Definition_Name")
MessageBox.Show(ndGroups.OuterXml)
Web_Reference_Folder_Name.UserGroup usrgrpService = new Web_Reference_Folder_Name.UserGroup();
usrgrpService.Credentials= System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
System.Xml.XmlNode ndGroups = usrgrpService.GetGroupCollectionFromRole("Role_Definition_Name");
MessageBox.Show(ndGroups.OuterXml);