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ICollectionManager::IsValidParentCollection

Check to see if the given collection is valid to be used as the parent of another collection.

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References

Module	CollectionManager
Header	/Engine/Source/Developer/CollectionManager/Public/ICollectionManager.h
Include	#include "ICollectionManager.h"

Syntax

bool IsValidParentCollection
(
    FName CollectionName,
    ECollectionShareType::Type ShareType,
    FName ParentCollectionName,
    ECollectionShareType::Type ParentShareType
) const

Remarks

Check to see if the given collection is valid to be used as the parent of another collection. A collection may not be parented to itself, nor any of its current children.

Returns

true if the parent is considered valid for this collection. If false, GetLastError will return a human readable string describing why the parent is invalid.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
CollectionName	The name of the collection to check the parent of.
ShareType	The way the collection is shared.
ParentCollectionName	The name of the parent collection to test against.
ParentShareType	The way the new parent collection is shared.

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