3.6.4.7 ICategory::Parent (Opnum 14)

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The ICategory::Parent (opnum 14) method retrieves the parent of the update category.

 HRESULT Parent(
   [out, retval] ICategory** retval
 );

retval: MUST be set to an instance of the ICategory interface representing this category's parent category, or MUST be set to NULL if this category is the root category.

Return Values: The method MUST return information in an HRESULT data structure. The severity bit in the structure identifies the following conditions:

  • If the severity bit is set to 0, the method completed successfully.

  • If the severity bit is set to 1, the method failed and encountered a fatal error.

Exceptions Thrown: No exceptions are thrown beyond those thrown by the underlying RPC protocol [MS-RPCE].

This method SHOULD return the value of the Parent ADM element.