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Retrieve Antecedents and Dependents From CIM Objects

You can use getAntecedents() and getDependents() methods to retrieve CIM object antecedents and dependents.

To retrieve CIM object antecedents, call the getAntecedents() method:

// Retrieve all computer systems
arr=CA_ComputerSystem.getInstances()
// Continue working with the first computer system returned
cs=arr[0]
// retrieve the antecedents
arrAnt = cs.getAntecedents()
for(i=0; i<arrAnt.length; i++)
{
	show-cimObject arrAnt[i]
}

To retrieve antecedents instances of a CIM class, call getAntecedents() method:

os = cs.getAntecedents("CIM_OperatingSystem");
show-cimObject os

To retrieve CIM object dependents, call the getDependents() method:

// Retrieve all computer systems, 
arr=CA_ComputerSystem.getInstances()
// Continue working with the first computer system returned
cs=arr[0]
// retrieve the dependents
arrAnt = cs. getDependents()
for(i=0; i<arrAnt.length; i++)
{
	show-cimObject arrAnt[i]
}

To retrieve dependents instances of a CIM class, call the getDependents() method:

fs = cs. getDependents("CIM_FileSystem");
show-cimObject fs