{{tag>Programmers_Reference Methods IExecutionEngine_Interface getObjectReferences Index}}

====getObjectReferences (IProcess, IEntity, String)====
<code java>public Vector getObjectReferences (IProcessparent, IEntity refOwner, String refOwnerAttr)
throws AccessDeniedException, ExecutionException;</code>

This method is very similar to the ''[[pr_methods:getallreferences|getAllReferences]]'' method. However, it returns references as a collection of ''ObjectReference'' objects rather than ''[[docs:3500:0300:0317|IEntity]]'' objects. ''ObjectReference'' is a structure containing an object name and ID. If only names and ID's of the references are required calling this method is much more efficient than calling ''[[pr_methods:getallreferences|getAllReferences]]'', which retrieves the values of all attributes.
===Parameters===

|''refOwner''|the instance of the business object the references of which are retrieved|
|''refOwnerAttr''|the name of the attribute of the business object the references of which are retrieved (must be of the reference  type)|

===Returns===
The names and ID's of business objects referenced through the specified attribute as a vector of the ''ObjectReference'' objects or null if no instances are referenced through the specified attribute.