[This topic is pre-release documentation and is subject to change in future releases. Blank topics are included as placeholders.]Gets all categories that match the criteria. Namespace: Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement
Assembly: Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Core (in microsoft.enterprisemanagement.core.dll)

Usage

Visual Basic 
Dim instance As IEntityTypeManagement
Dim criteria As ManagementPackCategoryCriteria
Dim returnValue As IList(Of ManagementPackCategory)

returnValue = instance.GetCategories(criteria)

Syntax

Visual Basic 
Function GetCategories ( _
		criteria As ManagementPackCategoryCriteria _
) As IList(Of ManagementPackCategory)
C# 
IList<ManagementPackCategory> GetCategories (
		ManagementPackCategoryCriteria criteria
)
C++ 
IList<ManagementPackCategory^>^ GetCategories (
		ManagementPackCategoryCriteria^ criteria
)
J# 
IList<ManagementPackCategory> GetCategories (
		ManagementPackCategoryCriteria criteria
)
JScript 
function GetCategories (
		criteria : ManagementPackCategoryCriteria
) : IList<ManagementPackCategory>

Parameters

criteria

Type: ManagementPackCategoryCriteria

The category search criteria.

Return Value

Type: IList The list of categories.

Exceptions

Exception type Condition
ServerDisconnectedException

An error has occurred.
ArgumentNullException

The criteria parameter is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Thread Safety

This method is thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP

Target Platforms

Windows Server 2008,Windows Server 2003

See Also