Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 Developer Reference

Utils.FindMVEntries (String, Int64, Int32)

The FindMVEntries (String, Int64, Int32) method is a static method that retrieves the metaverse entries with the specified Int64 attribute value and maximum number of results.

[C#]
public MVEntry[] FindMVEntries(
  String attributeName,
  Int64 value,
  Int32 maxResults
);

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Function FindMVEntries( _
  ByVal attributeName As String, _
  ByVal value As Int64, _
  ByVal maxResults As Int32 _
) As MVEntry[]

Parameters

attributeName: Contains the name of the metaverse attribute to retrieve.
value: Contains an Int64 value that the attribute identified by attributeName must contain.
maxResults: Contains the maximum number of metaverse entries to retrieve.

Return Values

Returns an array of MVEntry objects that represent the metaverse entries found in the search.

Exceptions

Exception type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	The attributeName or value parameter is null.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	The maxResults parameter is less than or equal to zero.
InvalidOperationException	The value represented by the value parameter cannot be converted to the data type of the attribute identified by attributeName.

Remarks

This method will throw an InvalidOperationException exception and the management agent run profile will stop with a status of stopped-extension-dll-exception if called from the following methods:

The rules extension object constructor
The IMASynchronization.Initialize method
The IMASynchronization.Terminate method
The IMVSynchronization.Initialize method
The IMVSynchronization.Terminate method

For more information about the stopped-extension-dll-exception, see Return Strings.

Requirements

Product: Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003
Namespace: Defined in Microsoft.MetadirectoryServices.
Assembly: Requires Microsoft.MetadirectoryServices (in Microsoft.MetadirectoryServices.dll).
.NET Framework: Requires .NET Framework 1.1.