CUnknown.GetOwner method

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The GetOwner method retrieves a pointer to the IUnknown interface of the owning component. For an aggregated component, the owner is the outer component. Otherwise, the component owns itself.

Syntax

LPUNKNOWN GetOwner();

Parameters

This method has no parameters.

Return value

Returns a pointer to the controlling IUnknown interface.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Header	Combase.h (include Streams.h)
Library	Strmbase.lib (retail builds); Strmbasd.lib (debug builds)