NAME

       CMCIClientFT.associators() - Enumerate instances associated with an Instance

SYNOPSIS

       #include <cmci.h>

       CMPIEnumeration*
       CMCIClientFT.associators(CMCIClient*cl,
                      CMPIObjectPath*op,
                      constchar*assocClass,
                      constchar*resultClass,
                      constchar*role,
                      constchar*resultRole,
                      CMPIFlagsflags,
                      char**properties,
                      CMPIStatus*rc);

DESCRIPTION

       Enumerate instances associated with the Instance defined by op reference.

       Arguments  are  the  client  object  pointer  cl, an ObjectPath object pointer op with the reference that
       contains namespace and classname components, assocClass, where if it's not NULL is an  association  class
       name  that  is  used  to  filter  the returned set of instance objects by eliminating objects that aren't
       associated to the source object by an instance of this class or one of its subclasses, resultClass, where
       if  it's not NULL is a valid class name that is used to filter the returned set of Objects by eliminating
       objects that aren't an Instance of this Class or one of its subclasses, role, where if it's not NULL is a
       valid  property  name  that is used to filter the returned set of instance objects by eliminating objects
       that aren't associated to the source object by an association where the source object plays the specified
       role,  i.e.  the  name  of  the property in the association class that refers to the source object has to
       match the value of this parameter, resultRole, where if it's not NULL is a valid property  name  that  is
       used  to filter the returned set of instance objects by eliminating objects that aren't associated to the
       source object by an association where the returned object plays the specified role, i.e. the name of  the
       property  in  the  association  class  that  refers to the returned object has to match the value of this
       parameter, flags that affect the content of the returned class instance structures, a  properties  array,
       and rc which returns the operation status (suppressed when NULL).

       The  flags argument is a bit mask that can contains the following flags - CMPI_FLAG_IncludeQualifiers and
       CMPI_FLAG_IncludeClassOrigin.

RETURN VALUE

       When successful the CMCIClientFT.associators() function returns a pointer  to  a  CMPIEnumeration  object
       that  contains  the  class  instances  found for the class that match the association criteria and sets a
       successful operation status code in rc.  When unsuccessful  it  returns  a  NULL  pointer  and  sets  the
       operation status error code and corresponding error string in rc.

ERRORS

EXAMPLES

CONFORMING TO

SEE ALSO

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