NAME

       CMCIClientFT.getClass() - Get class as reference

SYNOPSIS

       #include <cmci.h>

       CMPIConstClass*
       CMCIClientFT.getClass(CMCIClient*cl,
                      CMPIObjectPath*op,
                      CMPIFlagsflags,
                      char**properties,
                      CMPIStatus*rc);

DESCRIPTION

       Get  Class  using op as reference. The content of the returned class structure can be controled using the
       flags parameter.

       Arguments are the client object pointer cl, ObjectPath object pointer  op  that  contains  namespace  and
       classname  components,  flags  to affect the returned class structure content, properties array, where if
       not NULL the members of the array define one or more Property  names,  and  rc  the  CMPI  return  status
       (suppressed when NULL).

       The   flags   argument   is  a  bit  mask  that  can  contain  combinations  of  the  following  flags  -
       CMPI_FLAG_LocalOnly, CMPI_FLAG_IncludeQualifiers and CMPI_FLAG_IncludeClassOrigin.

       The properties array defines what properties should be returned for the class.  If this argument  is  not
       NULL,  only  the  class  properties  in  the  list  are  returned.  If it's NULL all class properties are
       returned.

RETURN VALUE

       When successful the CMCIClientFT.getClass() function returns a pointer to  a  CMPIConstClass  object  and
       sets a successful status code in rc.  When unsuccessful it returns NULL and sets the rc argument with the
       error code and and corresponding error string.

ERRORS

EXAMPLES

          CMCIClient *cc;
          CMPIObjectPath * objectpath;
          CMPIInstance * instance;
          CMPIEnumeration * enumeration;
          CMPIClass *class;
          CMPIStatus status;

          /* Setup a conncetion to the CIMOM */
          cc = cmciConnect("localhost", NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);

          objectpath = newCMPIObjectPath("root/cimv2", "Linux_ComputerSystem", NULL);
          class = cc->ft->getClass(cc, objectpath, 0, NULL, &status);

          if    (!status.rc)    {         fprintf(stderr,    "operation   error   code   %d   description   %s0,
                      status.rc, status.msg->hdl);      abort();
          }

CONFORMING TO

SEE ALSO

       Common Manageability Programming Interface (CMPI) - OpenGroup,
       CMCIClient(3), CMPIConstClass(3), CMPIObjectPath(3), CMPIFlags(3), CMPIStatus(3)

sfcc                                               2005-06-09                            CMCILIENTFT.GETCLASS(3)