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IEntityTypeManagement.GetCategories Method (ManagementPackCategoryCriteria)

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Gets all categories that match the criteria.

Namespace: Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement
Assembly: Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Core (in microsoft.enterprisemanagement.core.dll)

Usage

'Usage
Dim instance As IEntityTypeManagement
Dim criteria As ManagementPackCategoryCriteria
Dim returnValue As IList(Of ManagementPackCategory)

returnValue = instance.GetCategories(criteria)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function GetCategories ( _
    criteria As ManagementPackCategoryCriteria _
) As IList(Of ManagementPackCategory)

IList<ManagementPackCategory> GetCategories (
    ManagementPackCategoryCriteria criteria
)

IList<ManagementPackCategory^>^ GetCategories (
    ManagementPackCategoryCriteria^ criteria
)

IList<ManagementPackCategory> GetCategories (
    ManagementPackCategoryCriteria criteria
)

function GetCategories (
    criteria : ManagementPackCategoryCriteria
) : IList<ManagementPackCategory>

Parameters

  • criteria
    The category search criteria.

Return Value

The list of categories.

Exceptions

Exception type Condition
ServerDisconnectedException

An error has occurred.
ArgumentNullException

The criteria 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

See Also

Reference

IEntityTypeManagement Interface
IEntityTypeManagement Members
Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement Namespace