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ApiItemContainerMixin.tryGetMemberByKey() method

Attempts to retrieve a member using its containerKey, or returns undefined if no matching member was found.

Signature:

tryGetMemberByKey(containerKey: string): ApiItem | undefined;

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
containerKey	string

Returns:

ApiItem | undefined

Remarks

Use the getContainerKey() static member to construct the key. Each subclass has a different implementation of this function, according to the aspects that are important for identifying it.

See ApiItem.containerKey for more information.