---
title: PolicyAssociationList
summary: API reference for PolicyAssociationList.
status: draft
owner: SAIF Claims BOF team
last_reviewed: 2026-08-21
library: SAIF.Business.View.Policy
reference_type: embedded
---

# PolicyAssociationList

`PolicyAssociationList` (defined in `PolicyAssociations.vb`) is the legacy (pre-`clsAssociationTypeCode`)
association-list builder. It inherits `List(Of PolicyAssociation)` and builds a single UNION SQL
query (manual affiliation ∪ policy relationship ∪ discount combination ∪ experience-rating
combination) to list all directly/indirectly related policies for a given policy.

## Purpose
- Builds and executes a single UNION SQL query combining four legacy association sources to list all related policies for a policy.
- Populates itself as a `List(Of PolicyAssociation)`.

## Context
- Namespace: `SAIF.Business.View.Policy`
- Assembly/package: `SAIF.Business.View.Policy` (embedded library reference)

## Public members
| Member | Signature | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `GetPolicyAssociationList` | `Shared Function GetPolicyAssociationList(DPI As IDataPortalInfo, PolicyNum As Decimal) As PolicyAssociationList` | Retrieves the legacy related-policy list for a policy via the combined UNION query. |

## Inherited public members

Members in this section are inherited from `List(Of PolicyAssociation)` (`System.Collections.Generic`,
part of the .NET Base Class Library, not a SAIF framework dependency).

| Member | Signature | Purpose | Origin |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Item` | `Default Property Item(index As Integer) As PolicyAssociation` | Returns the association at the given index. | `System.Collections.Generic` — `List(Of T)` |
| `Count` | `ReadOnly Property Count As Integer` | Number of associations in the list. | `System.Collections.Generic` — `List(Of T)` |
| `Add` | `Sub Add(item As PolicyAssociation)` | Appends an association to the list. | `System.Collections.Generic` — `List(Of T)` |

## Behavioral notes
- Superseded by `clsPolicyHeaderAssociationFactory`/`clsAssociationTypeCode` for new development; retained for existing legacy call sites.*

## Constraints and usage notes
- Consumers should prefer `clsPolicyHeaderAssociationFactory.GetPolicyHeaderAssociations` in new code.*

> **Note:** Statements marked with `*` were inferred from code structure, naming
> conventions, or contextual evidence where direct confirmation was not available
> in source artifacts. Statements marked with `**` could not be confirmed; treat
> as unknown until verified.

## Sources
- `SAIF.Business.View.Policy\PolicyAssociations.vb`