Get stroke color of shape

Hi,
I need get stroke color of shape in photoshop, but I only find how to get fill color, any suggestion?
function getFillColor() {
   var ref = new ActionReference();
   ref.putEnumerated( stringIDToTypeID( "contentLayer" ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ));
   var ref1= executeActionGet( ref );
   var list = ref1.getList( charIDToTypeID( "Adjs" ) ) ;
   var solidColorLayer = list.getObjectValue(0);
   var color = solidColorLayer.getObjectValue(charIDToTypeID('Clr '));
   var fillcolor = new SolidColor();
   fillcolor.rgb.red = color.getDouble(charIDToTypeID('Rd '));
   fillcolor.rgb.green = color.getDouble(charIDToTypeID('Grn '));
   fillcolor.rgb.blue = color.getDouble(charIDToTypeID('Bl '));
   return fillcolor;
Thank you

Does this work in Photoshop CC? (edited)
// 2014, use it at your own risk;
#target photoshop
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated( stringIDToTypeID("contentLayer"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
var layerDesc = executeActionGet(ref);
var strokeSt = layerDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID("AGMStrokeStyleInfo"));
var strokeStyleColor = strokeSt.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID("strokeStyleContent")).getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID("color"));
alert (strokeStyleColor.getDouble(stringIDToTypeID("red"))+"\n"+strokeStyleColor.getDouble(stringIDToTypeID("grain"))+"\n"+strokeStyleColor.getDouble(stringIDToTypeID("blue")));

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