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parent()

Returns the Obj representing the path-based parent of the Obj.

Returns null if the Obj has no path or is the root Obj. It also returns null for an orphaned Obj, where the Obj itself has a path, but no other  Obj exists with a path matching the parent path.

Returns

Obj or null.

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