GetQualifier CIM Operation

Request Return

If successful, the method returns the Qualifier declaration for the named Qualifier. If unsuccessful, one of the following status codes MUST be returned by this method, where the first applicable error in the list (starting with the first element of the list, and working down) is the error returned. Any additional method-specific interpretation of the error in is given in parentheses.

CIM_ERR_ACCESS_DENIED
CIM_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED
CIM_ERR_INVALID_NAMESPACE
CIM_ERR_INVALID_PARAMETER (including missing, duplicate, unrecognized or otherwise incorrect parameters)
CIM_ERR_INVALID_CLASS (the CIM Class does not exist in the specified namespace)
CIM_ERR_NOT_FOUND (the CIM Class does exist, but the requested CIM Instance does not exist in the specified namespace)
CIM_ERR_NO_SUCH_PROPERTY (the CIM Instance does exist, but the requested Property does not)
CIM_ERR_TYPE_MISMATCH (the supplied value is incompatible with the type of the Property)
CIM_ERR_FAILED (some other unspecified error occurred)

Additional Information on Parameters

NameSpace - The NameSpace parameter is a string that defines the target namespace \Ref{NAMESPACE}

QualifierName - The QualifierName input parameter identifies the Qualifier whose declaration to be retrieved.

Qualifier - Qualifiers are values that provide additional information about classes, associations, indications, methods, method parameters, triggers, instances, properties or references. All qualifiers have a name, type, value, scope, flavor and default value. Qualifiers cannot be duplicated; there cannot be more than one qualifier of the same name for any given class, instance, or property.

C++ Operation Method Definition

    virtual QualifierDecl getQualifier(
    	const String& nameSpace,
    	const String& qualifierName) = 0;

Demonstration Prepared by the OpenGroup Manageability Work Group Pegasus Development Team

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