This method has been deprecated and should not be used in Profile versions v6.4 and above.
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This method has been deprecated and should not be used in Profile versions v6.4 and above. |
Class: Reference
Description
This method returns the pointer to an object. The pointer is usually returned as an integer, or NULL if the identifier is not pointing to a currently instantiated object.
This method is intended for diagnostic purposes only. The programmer shall make no assumptions about the implementation of a reference object. Many reference objects are not implemented using pointers. In fact two reference objects of the same type (e.g., RecordDEP instances) may have different internal representations.
Syntax
referenceName.getPointer()
Parameters
None
Returns
A Number.
When Became Available
Profile v6.0
Example
type RecordDEP dep = Db.getRecord(“DEP”,”:CID”)
type Number PNTR = dep.getPointer()
* CID must be defined prior to the getRecord statement.