VerifyNoCircularDependencies Method in Class SMS_Collection

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10/04/2022

In Configuration Manager, the VerifyNoCircularDependencies Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class method takes two collections as arguments and verifies that no circular dependencies would be formed if one collection were the parent of another.

The following syntax is simplified from Managed Object Format (MOF) code and is intended to show the definition of the method.

Syntax

sint32 VerifyNoCircularDependencies(  
        SMS_Collection ref parentCollection,   
        SMS_Collection ref subCollection,   
        boolean Result);

Parameters

parentCollection
Data type: ref:SMS_Collection

Qualifiers: [in]

Reference to an SMS_Collection Server WMI Class object path for the parent collection.

subCollection
Data type: ref:SMS_Collection

Qualifiers: [in]

Reference to an SMS_Collection Server WMI Class object path for the child collection.

Result
Data type: Boolean

Qualifiers: [out]

true if there are no circular dependencies, false if there are circular dependencies.

Return Values

An SInt32 data type that is 0 to indicate success or non-zero to indicate failure.

For more information about handling returned errors, see About Configuration Manager Errors.

Requirements

Runtime Requirements

For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Runtime Requirements.

Development Requirements

For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Development Requirements.