<div class="content"><p> </p><p>The SimplePing method performs a ping of a previously
allocated <span><a href="ba4c4d80-ef81-49b4-848f-9714d72b5c01#gt_719e35c6-323e-4f37-82ef-c466f6c4992a" data-linktype="relative-path">ping set</a></span> to maintain
the <span><a href="ba4c4d80-ef81-49b4-848f-9714d72b5c01#gt_10ffa972-2b70-4e41-b025-6785babac521" data-linktype="relative-path">reference
counts</a></span> on the objects referred to by the set.</p><dl>
<dd>
<div><pre> [idempotent] error_status_t SimplePing(
   [in] handle_t hRpc,
   [in] SETID* pSetId
 );
</pre></div>
</dd></dl><p><b>hRpc: </b>This MUST specify an <span><a href="ba4c4d80-ef81-49b4-848f-9714d72b5c01#gt_8a7f6700-8311-45bc-af10-82e10accd331" data-linktype="relative-path">RPC</a></span>
binding handle as specified in <span><a href="../ms-rpce/290c38b1-92fe-4229-91e6-4fc376610c15" data-linktype="relative-path">[MS-RPCE]</a></span>
section <span><a href="../ms-rpce/de240b5e-6487-485e-9086-5069977f89db" data-linktype="relative-path">3.2.2.3.1</a></span>.</p><p><b>pSetId: </b>MUST specify a <span><a href="ba4c4d80-ef81-49b4-848f-9714d72b5c01#gt_ccd51872-1e2e-4333-933a-27ea696ac19c" data-linktype="relative-path">SETID</a></span>
of the ping set to ping. This parameter MUST specify a SETID previously
returned from a call to <span><a href="629629ba-71df-4110-bb6b-d6c5dca5f993" data-linktype="relative-path">IObjectExporter::ComplexPing</a></span>.</p><p>When processing this call:</p><ul><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>The <span><a href="ba4c4d80-ef81-49b4-848f-9714d72b5c01#gt_19f75354-9b0b-47cb-a00b-4ff196883b32" data-linktype="relative-path">object resolver</a></span> MAY
compare the client&#39;s credentials against a set of implementation-specific
permissions.<a id="Appendix_A_Target_54"></a><a aria-label="Product behavior note 54" href="acc42954-4073-4f05-b850-efd562022077#Appendix_A_54" data-linktype="relative-path">&lt;54&gt;</a> If the permissions do not allow
access to the client credentials, the object resolver MUST return
ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED (as specified in <span><a href="../ms-erref/1bc92ddf-b79e-413c-bbaa-99a5281a6c90" data-linktype="relative-path">[MS-ERREF]</a></span>
section <span><a href="../ms-erref/18d8fbe8-a967-4f1c-ae50-99ca8e491d2d" data-linktype="relative-path">2.2</a></span>).</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>The object resolver MUST look up the SETID entry of the SETID
designated by the client. If the entry is not found, it returns OR_INVALID_SET
(as specified in [MS-ERREF] section 2.2).</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>If the entry is found, the object resolver MUST reset the ping
set timer for the SETID entry.</p>
</li></ul></div>