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DocumentObj 2.5 GetParents [deprecated]

This method returns the parents of a logical object. For example: the masters in which a topic is used/referenced.


Parameters

NameTypeDirectionDescription
psAuthContextStringInOutDeprecated proprietary authentication context only used by .ASMX web services based on internal username/password authentication. Claims based security standards drive all the WCF .SVC web services making this parameter redundant.
psLogicalIdStringInThe logical identifier of the object
peLinkTypeeLinkTypeInThe enumeration indicating which link fields must be used
psOutXMLObjListStringOutObjectList XML structure containing the metadata of the objects.

Requirements are:

  • The user must have read access for the folder holding the object.
Note that:
  • All logical identifiers within InfoShare are in uppercase.
  • The order of the returned objects in psOutXMLObjList is random.
  • Conditions are ignored.
  • Only the direct parents are returned...So, only one level up.
  • The resulting ObjectList XML contains only the following attributes: ishref, ishlogicalref, ishversionref, ishlngref, ishtype