3.1.4.35 GetAssociationsForDataClass

This operation is used to retrieve the Associations that are contained by the specified DataClass.

The following is the WSDL port type specification of the GetAssociationsForDataClass WSDL operation.

 <wsdl:operation name="GetAssociationsForDataClass" xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/">
   <wsdl:input wsaw:Action="http://www.microsoft.com/Office/2009/BusinessDataCatalog/BusinessDataCatalogSharedService/GetAssociationsForDataClass" message="tns:BusinessDataCatalogSharedService_GetAssociationsForDataClass_InputMessage" xmlns:wsaw="http://www.w3.org/2006/05/addressing/wsdl"/>
   <wsdl:output wsaw:Action="http://www.microsoft.com/Office/2009/BusinessDataCatalog/BusinessDataCatalogSharedService/GetAssociationsForDataClassResponse" message="tns:BusinessDataCatalogSharedService_GetAssociationsForDataClass_OutputMessage" xmlns:wsaw="http://www.w3.org/2006/05/addressing/wsdl"/>
   <wsdl:fault wsaw:Action="http://www.microsoft.com/Office/2009/BusinessDataCatalog/BusinessDataCatalogSharedService/GetAssociationsForDataClassArgumentExceptionFault" name="ArgumentExceptionFault" message="tns:BusinessDataCatalogSharedService_GetAssociationsForDataClass_ArgumentExceptionFault_FaultMessage" xmlns:wsaw="http://www.w3.org/2006/05/addressing/wsdl"/>
   <wsdl:fault wsaw:Action="http://www.microsoft.com/Office/2009/BusinessDataCatalog/BusinessDataCatalogSharedService/GetAssociationsForDataClassArgumentNullExceptionFault" name="ArgumentNullExceptionFault" message="tns:BusinessDataCatalogSharedService_GetAssociationsForDataClass_ArgumentNullExceptionFault_FaultMessage" xmlns:wsaw="http://www.w3.org/2006/05/addressing/wsdl"/>
   <wsdl:fault wsaw:Action="http://www.microsoft.com/Office/2009/BusinessDataCatalog/BusinessDataCatalogSharedService/GetAssociationsForDataClassArgumentOutOfRangeExceptionFault" name="ArgumentOutOfRangeExceptionFault" message="tns:BusinessDataCatalogSharedService_GetAssociationsForDataClass_ArgumentOutOfRangeExceptionFault_FaultMessage" xmlns:wsaw="http://www.w3.org/2006/05/addressing/wsdl"/>
   <wsdl:fault wsaw:Action="http://www.microsoft.com/Office/2009/BusinessDataCatalog/BusinessDataCatalogSharedService/GetAssociationsForDataClassBdcExceptionStateFault" name="BdcExceptionStateFault" message="tns:BusinessDataCatalogSharedService_GetAssociationsForDataClass_BdcExceptionStateFault_FaultMessage" xmlns:wsaw="http://www.w3.org/2006/05/addressing/wsdl"/>
   <wsdl:fault wsaw:Action="http://www.microsoft.com/Office/2009/BusinessDataCatalog/BusinessDataCatalogSharedService/GetAssociationsForDataClassInvalidOperationExceptionFault" name="InvalidOperationExceptionFault" message="tns:BusinessDataCatalogSharedService_GetAssociationsForDataClass_InvalidOperationExceptionFault_FaultMessage" xmlns:wsaw="http://www.w3.org/2006/05/addressing/wsdl"/>
   <wsdl:fault wsaw:Action="http://www.microsoft.com/Office/2009/BusinessDataCatalog/BusinessDataCatalogSharedService/GetAssociationsForDataClassMetadataExceptionStateFault" name="MetadataExceptionStateFault" message="tns:BusinessDataCatalogSharedService_GetAssociationsForDataClass_MetadataExceptionStateFault_FaultMessage" xmlns:wsaw="http://www.w3.org/2006/05/addressing/wsdl"/>
 </wsdl:operation>

The protocol client sends a BusinessDataCatalogSharedService_GetAssociationsForDataClass_InputMessage request message, and the protocol server MUST respond with a BusinessDataCatalogSharedService_GetAssociationsForDataClass_OutputMessage response message, unless any one of the conditions in the following table is met.

If any one of the conditions in the following table is met, the protocol server MUST instead respond  with a SOAP fault containing the corresponding error complex type, serialized as specified in section 2.2.4. If more than one error condition is encountered, the protocol server MUST respond with exactly one error complex type, determined in an implementation-specific manner.

Error complex type

Condition

ArgumentOutOfRangeException (section 2.2.4.9)

The specified MetadataObjectId is 0.

MetadataObjectNotFoundExceptionState (section 2.2.4.43)

The specified DataClass does not exist.<43>