com.webmethods.portal.service.meta2.thing

Interface IThingParentView

All Known Subinterfaces:

IArchived, IBizPolicyData, ICategory, IContainer, IContent, IDirServiceThing, IFolder, IForm, IForum, IGroup, IHandlerData, ILink, IMechanicsData, IMessage, IPortlet, IPrincipal, IRelation, IRole, ISchedule, IServiceThing, IStyle, ITemplate, IThing, IThingComponentData, IThingParentInfo, ITopic, ITopic, IUser, IWorkspace, IXType

public interface IThingParentView

can get the parent ID

See Also:

IThing, IThingParentInfo

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IThingID	getParentID() Get the ID of the primary container of this thing.

Method Detail

getParentID

IThingID getParentID()
              throws MetaException

Get the ID of the primary container of this thing. For non-topics, the primary container is always a folder. For topics, the primary container is always a topic.

Returns:

thingID of parent or NULL for no parent

Throws:

MetaException