.TH  3  2005-06-09 "sfcc" "SFCBroker Client Library"
.SH NAME
CMCIClientFT.getProperty() \- Get a named property value of an instance
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B #include <cmci.h>
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.BI CMPIData
.BI CMCIClientFT.getProperty (CMCIClient* cl,
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.BI				CMPIObjectPath* op,
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.BI				const char* name,
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.BI				CMPIStatus* rc);
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.SH DESCRIPTION
Get the named property value of an instance identified by reference \fIop\fP.
.PP
Arguments are the client object pointer \fIcl\fP, an ObjectPath object 
pointer \fIop\fP with the namespace and classname to identify the instance,
a pointer to a string with the property name to get in \fIname\fP,
and \fIrc\fP which returns the operation status (suppressed when NULL).
.PP
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
When successful the \fBCMCIClientFT.getProperty()\fP function returns
a CMPIData object with the instance property value and sets a successful
operation status code in \fIrc\fR.
When unsuccessful it returns the CMPIStatus object with sets an operation
status error code and corresponding error string.
.SH "ERRORS"
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.SH "EXAMPLES"
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
Common Manageability Programming Interface (CMPI) - OpenGroup,
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CMCIClient(3), CMPIData(3), CMPIObjectPath(3), CMPIStatus(3)