GetValue

Listed below is the syntax, description, parameter and return value for "GetValue."

Method Syntax: return_value = GetValue(parameter)

Description: This function requests information from a LMS. It permits the SCO to request information from the LMS to determine, among other things:

Parameter: The parameter represents the complete identification of a data model element.

Return Value: The method can return one of two values. The return value shall be represented as a characterstring.

The SCO should not rely on an empty characterstring returned from this function as being a valid value. The SCO should check to see if the error code indicates that no error was encountered. If this is the case, then the empty characterstring is a valid value returned from the LMS. If an error condition was encountered during the processing of the request, then this would be indicated by an appropriate error code.