3.6.4.2 ICategory:: CategoryID (Opnum 9)

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The ICategory:: CategoryID (opnum 9) method retrieves the ID of the update category.

 HRESULT CategoryID(
   [out, retval] BSTR* retval
 );

retval: A globally unique string identifying this 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 ID ADM element.