Retrieves an object of the requested type, given class and object identifiers.

This method always makes a round-trip to the server. You can optionally include a filter to control which properties to return with the object. If you pass in null for the filter parameter, this method returns values for all non-object properties and returns placeholders for all object-valued properties. For details, see the description of the filter parameter.


Namespace: FileNet.Api.Core
Assembly: FileNet.Api (in filenet.api.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public MustOverride Function FetchObject( _ 
   ByVal classIdent As String,  _ 
   ByVal objectIdent As String,  _ 
   ByVal filter As PropertyFilter _ 
) As IIndependentObject
C#
public abstract IIndependentObject FetchObject(
   string classIdent,
   string objectIdent,
   PropertyFilter filter
)
C++
public:
 IIndependentObject FetchObject(
   String classIdent,
   String objectIdent,
   PropertyFilter filter
) abstract 
J#
public abstract IIndependentObject FetchObject(
   string classIdent,
   string objectIdent,
   PropertyFilter filter
)
JScript
public abstract  function FetchObject(
   classIdent : String,
   objectIdent : String,
   filter : PropertyFilter
) : IIndependentObject

Parameters

classIdent
The class name of which this object will be an instance.
objectIdent
The ID, path, or name of the object to retrieve.
filter
A PropertyFilter object that represents information for controlling which property values (and with what level of detail and recursion) to return. If null, this method returns values for all non-object properties and returns placeholders for all object-valued properties (PropertyEngineObject properties with a state of PropertyState.UNEVALUATED or PropertyState.REFERENCE); any subsequent attempts to access an object-valued property will cause an automatic round-trip to the server to fetch its value.

Return Value

An object of the type requested.

See Also