Sm_PolicyApi_GetVariableType()

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Sm_PolicyApi_GetVariableType()

Gets a specified variable type.

The results of this function are returned in a structure referenced by ppstructVariable. Free the memory allocated for this structure by calling Sm_PolicyApi_FreeMemoryEx().

Type

Variable function.

Syntax

int SM_EXTERN Sm_PolicyApi_GetVariableType (
   void*                           pSessionHandle,
   const char*                     pszVariableTypeOid,
   Sm_PolicyApi_VariableType_t**   ppstructVariableType
);

Parameter	I/O	Description
pSessionHandle	I	A pointer to an internal Policy Management API data structure. The structure holds information about the administrator session and the client session.
pszVariableOid	I	Unique object identifier that corresponds to a variable type.
ppstructVariable	O	The address of a pointer to a variable structure.

Returns

Sm_PolicyApi_Success. The get was successful.
Sm_PolicyApi_Failure. Memory could not be allocated to Sm_PolicyApi_Variable_t.
Sm_PolicyApi_InvalidHandle. There was no valid initialization prior to this call.
Sm_PolicyApi_NoSession. There is no valid administrator session.
Sm_PolicyApi_NoPrivilege. The administrator does not have the privilege to obtain the variable type.
Sm_PolicyApi_InvalidOid. The variable type object identifier was not found.
Sm_PolicyApi_FeatureNotSupported. The client who called this function initialized the API with a version less than SM_POLICY_API_VERSION_6_0.

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