IDLitContainer::GetByIdentifier

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The IDLitContainer::GetByIdentifier function method retrieves an object from a container hierarchy using the specified identifier to locate the object.

Syntax

Result = Obj->[IDLitContainer::]GetByIdentifier(Identifier)

Return Value

Returns an object reference to the object that was requested from the hierarchy, or a null object reference if no object was located.

Arguments

Identifier

The object identifier of the object that should be retrieved from the container hierarchy. Identifier can be either a fully-qualified object identifier (beginning with a "/" character) or a relative to the container on which this method is called.

See iTool Object Identifiers (iTool Developer's Guide) for a discussion of object identifier strings.

Keywords

None

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