Update Modified Content (Linked layers / Smart objects)

Hey guys,
Is there anything in the API for handling the new Linked layers? (CC 14.2)
Specifically, I want to be able to Update Modified Content iteratively to handle lots of nested links.
It doesn't have to be pretty, just functional, as this is a very complicated task to do manually.
Cheers

Crude, but maybe this helps:
// 2014, use it at your own risk;
#target photoshop
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Dcmn"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
var applicationDesc = executeActionGet(ref);
var theXMP = applicationDesc.getString(stringIDToTypeID('XMPMetadataAsUTF8'));
var theFiles = new Array;
var theArray = theXMP.split("<stRef:filePath>");
for (var m = 1; m < theArray.length; m++) {
theFiles.push (theArray[m].slice(6,theArray[m].indexOf("</stRef:filePath>")));
if (theFiles.length > 0) {alert(theFiles.join("\n"))};
Edit: One problem, though: the list in the XMP metadata may not be up to date if the file has not been saved since the last linked SO has been placed or embedded.

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