oracle.ldap.util
Class LDIFAttribute

java.lang.Object
oracle.ldap.util.LDIFAttribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

public class LDIFAttribute

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Cloneable

The LDIFAttribute class represents the name and values of an attribute. It is used to specify an attribute to be added to, deleted from, or modified in a Directory entry. It is also returned on a search of a Directory.

Constructor Summary

LDIFAttribute(LDIFAttribute ldapAttribute)
Constructs an attribute with copies of all values of the input LDIFAttribute.

LDIFAttribute(java.lang.String attrName)
Constructs an attribute with no values.

LDIFAttribute(java.lang.String attrName, boolean isBinary)
Constructs an attribute with no values.

LDIFAttribute(java.lang.String attrName, byte[] attrBytes)
Constructs an attribute with a byte-formatted value.

LDIFAttribute(java.lang.String attrName, byte[] attrBytes, boolean isBinary)
Constructs an attribute with a byte-formatted value.

LDIFAttribute(java.lang.String attrName, java.lang.String attrString)
Constructs an attribute that has a single string value.

LDIFAttribute(java.lang.String attrName, java.lang.String[] attrStrings)
Constructs an attribute that has an array of string values.

Method Summary

void	addValue(byte[] attrBytes) Adds a byte[]-formatted value to the attribute.
void	addValue(java.lang.String attrString) Adds a string value to the attribute.
void	addValue(java.lang.String[] attrValues) Adds an array of string values to the attribute.
java.lang.Object	clone() Returns a copy of this object
boolean	contains(byte[] attrBytes) Reports whether this object contains the specified attribute value.
boolean	contains(java.lang.String attrString) Reports whether this object contains the specified attribute value.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object ldifAttr) Checks for the equality of the attribute with the given one.
java.lang.String	getAttributeAsString(boolean asComment) Retrieves the string representation of an attribute in an LDAP entry.
java.lang.String	getAttributeAsString(boolean asComment, boolean wrap) Retrieves the string representation of an attribute in an LDAP entry.
java.lang.String	getBaseName() Returns the base name of this object.
static java.lang.String	getBaseName(java.lang.String attrName) Returns the base name.
byte[][]	getByteValueArray() Returns the values of the attribute as an array of byte[]
java.util.Enumeration	getByteValues() Returns an enumerator for the values of the attribute in byte[] format.
int	getChangeType() Return this the change type associated with this attribute(if any).
javax.naming.directory.Attribute	getJNDIAttribute() Returns an object of javax.naming.directory.Attribute that describes the attribute
javax.naming.directory.ModificationItem	getJNDIModificationItem() Returns an object of javax.naming.directory.ModificationItem that represents a JNDI modification item.
java.lang.String	getLangSubtype() Returns the language subtype if any.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of the attribute.
java.lang.String[]	getStringValueArray() Returns the values of the attribute as an array of Strings
java.util.Enumeration	getStringValues() Returns an enumerator for the string values of an attribute.
java.lang.String[]	getSubtypes() Extracts the subtypes from the attribute name of this object.
static java.lang.String[]	getSubtypes(java.lang.String attrName) Extracts the subtypes from the specified attribute name.
java.util.Enumeration	getValsAsObject() Returns the attributes as enumeration.
java.lang.String	getValue() Retruns the value of a single value attribute.
boolean	hasSubtype(java.lang.String subtype) Reports whether the attribute name contains the specified subtype.
boolean	hasSubtypes(java.lang.String[] subtypes) Reports if the attribute name contains all specified subtypes.
boolean	isBinary() Returns whether the attribute is a Binary attribute or not.
void	removeAll() removes All the values of the attributes
void	removeValue(byte[] attrBytes) Removes a byte[]-formatted value from the attribute.
boolean	removeValue(java.lang.String attrString) Removes a string value from the attribute.
boolean	setBinary(boolean binary) set this attribute as binary attribute.
void	setChangeType(int changeType) Sets the change type for this attribute.
void	setValues(java.lang.String[] attrValues) Sets the string values as the attribute's values.
int	size() Returns the number of values of the attribute.
java.lang.String	toString() Retrieves the string representation of an attribute in an LDAP entry.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LDIFAttribute

public LDIFAttribute(java.lang.String attrName)

Constructs an attribute with no values.

Parameters:

attrName - name of the attribute

LDIFAttribute

public LDIFAttribute(java.lang.String attrName,
                     boolean isBinary)

Constructs an attribute with no values.

Parameters:

attrName - name of the attribute

isBinary - whether the attribute is binary or not ?

LDIFAttribute

public LDIFAttribute(LDIFAttribute ldapAttribute)

Constructs an attribute with copies of all values of the input LDIFAttribute.

Parameters:

ldapAttribute - An attribute to use as template.

LDIFAttribute

public LDIFAttribute(java.lang.String attrName,
                     byte[] attrBytes,
                     boolean isBinary)

Constructs an attribute with a byte-formatted value.

Parameters:

attrName - Name of the attribute

attrBytes - Value of the attribute as raw bytes

isBinary - Wether the attribute is a binary attribute or not ?

LDIFAttribute

public LDIFAttribute(java.lang.String attrName,
                     byte[] attrBytes)

Constructs an attribute with a byte-formatted value.

Parameters:

attrName - Name of the attribute

attrBytes - Value of the attribute as raw bytes

LDIFAttribute

public LDIFAttribute(java.lang.String attrName,
                     java.lang.String attrString)

Constructs an attribute that has a single string value.

Parameters:

attrName - name of the attribute

attrString - value of the attribute in String format

LDIFAttribute

public LDIFAttribute(java.lang.String attrName,
                     java.lang.String[] attrStrings)

Constructs an attribute that has an array of string values.

Parameters:

attrName - name of the attribute

attrStrings - the list of string values for this attribute

Method Detail

addValue

public void addValue(java.lang.String attrString)

Adds a string value to the attribute.

Parameters:

attrString - Value of the attribute as a String. If the attribute is in Base64 encoded format, then this will decode and store the value

addValue

public void addValue(byte[] attrBytes)

Adds a byte[]-formatted value to the attribute.

Parameters:

attrBytes - the value of attribute as raw bytes. A copy of the byte sequence will be made and added to the attribute.

addValue

public void addValue(java.lang.String[] attrValues)

Adds an array of string values to the attribute.

Parameters:

attrValues - array of string values. Note that the strings must be in UTF8 encoding format.

getByteValues

public java.util.Enumeration getByteValues()

Returns an enumerator for the values of the attribute in byte[] format.

Returns:

a set of attribute values. Each element in the enumeration is of type byte[].

getStringValues

public java.util.Enumeration getStringValues()

Returns an enumerator for the string values of an attribute.

Returns:

enumerator for the string values.

getValsAsObject

public java.util.Enumeration getValsAsObject()

Returns the attributes as enumeration. In case of binary attribute the enumeration will contain byte[] and in case of no binary attributes it will be String element

Returns:

Enumeration of object

getByteValueArray

public byte[][] getByteValueArray()

Returns the values of the attribute as an array of byte[]

Returns:

array of attribute values in byte[] format.

getStringValueArray

public java.lang.String[] getStringValueArray()

Returns the values of the attribute as an array of Strings

Returns:

array of attribute values as String object.

setValues

public void setValues(java.lang.String[] attrValues)

Sets the string values as the attribute's values.

Parameters:

attrValues - an array of string values which represent the attribute values.

getLangSubtype

public java.lang.String getLangSubtype()

Returns the language subtype if any. For example, if the attribute name is cn;lang-fr;phonetic, this method returns the String lang-fr.

Returns:

the language subtype, or null (if the name has no language subtype).

getBaseName

public static java.lang.String getBaseName(java.lang.String attrName)

Returns the base name. For example, if the attribute name is cn;lang-fr;phonetic, this method returns cn.

Parameters:

attrName - name of the attribute to extract the base name from

Returns:

base name (i.e. the attribute name without subtypes).

getBaseName

public java.lang.String getBaseName()

Returns the base name of this object. For example, if the attribute name is cn;lang-fr;phonetic, this method returns cn.

Returns:

base name (i.e. the attribute name without subtypes).

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of the attribute.

Returns:

Attribute name.

getSubtypes

public static java.lang.String[] getSubtypes(java.lang.String attrName)

Extracts the subtypes from the specified attribute name. For example, if the attribute name is cn;lang-fr;phonetic, this method returns an array containing lang-fr and phonetic.

Parameters:

attrName - name of the attribute to extract the subtypes from.

Returns:

array of subtypes, or null (if no subtypes).

getSubtypes

public java.lang.String[] getSubtypes()

Extracts the subtypes from the attribute name of this object. For example, if the attribute name is cn;lang-fr;phonetic, then this method returns an array containing lang-ja and phonetic.

Returns:

array of subtypes, or null (if no subtypes).

hasSubtype

public boolean hasSubtype(java.lang.String subtype)

Reports whether the attribute name contains the specified subtype. For example, if you check for the subtype lang-fr and the attribute name is cn;lang-fr, this method returns true.

Parameters:

subtype - the single subtype to check for

Returns:

true if the attribute name contains the specified subtype.

hasSubtypes

public boolean hasSubtypes(java.lang.String[] subtypes)

Reports if the attribute name contains all specified subtypes. For example, if you check for the subtypes lang-fr and phonetic and if the attribute name is cn;lang-fr;phonetic, this method returns true. If the attribute name is cn;phonetic or cn;lang-fr, this method returns false.

Parameters:

subtypes - an array of subtypes to check for

Returns:

true if the attribute name contains all subtypes

removeValue

public boolean removeValue(java.lang.String attrString)

Removes a string value from the attribute.

Parameters:

attrString - the string value to remove

removeValue

public void removeValue(byte[] attrBytes)

Removes a byte[]-formatted value from the attribute.

Parameters:

attrBytes - byte[]-formatted value to remove

removeAll

public void removeAll()

removes All the values of the attributes

size

public int size()

Returns the number of values of the attribute.

Returns:

number of values for this attribute.

getChangeType

public int getChangeType()

Return this the change type associated with this attribute(if any).

Returns:

a Change Type constant defined in the LDIF class

setChangeType

public void setChangeType(int changeType)

Sets the change type for this attribute.

Parameters:

changeType - Change Type constant defined in the LDIF class

getValue

public java.lang.String getValue()

Retruns the value of a single value attribute. In case of a multivalued attribute the first value is returned. If the attribute does contain not any value then null is returned.

Returns:

an attribute value or null if the attribute has no value.

contains

public boolean contains(java.lang.String attrString)

Reports whether this object contains the specified attribute value.

Parameters:

attrString - value as String object that needs to be checked for

Returns:

true if the attribute contains the specified value, else false.

contains

public boolean contains(byte[] attrBytes)

Reports whether this object contains the specified attribute value.

Parameters:

attrBytes - - value as byte[] formatted representation that needs to be checked for

Returns:

true if the attribute contains the specified value, else false.

getJNDIAttribute

public javax.naming.directory.Attribute getJNDIAttribute()

Returns an object of javax.naming.directory.Attribute that describes the attribute

Returns:

javax.naming.directory.Attribute object describing the attribute

getJNDIModificationItem

public javax.naming.directory.ModificationItem getJNDIModificationItem()

Returns an object of javax.naming.directory.ModificationItem that represents a JNDI modification item.

Returns:

javax.naming.directory.ModificationItem that represents a modification item

getAttributeAsString

public java.lang.String getAttributeAsString(boolean asComment)

Retrieves the string representation of an attribute in an LDAP entry.

Parameters:

asComment - will return the attribute string with '#' prepended.

Returns:

string representation of the attribute.

getAttributeAsString

public java.lang.String getAttributeAsString(boolean asComment,
                                             boolean wrap)

Retrieves the string representation of an attribute in an LDAP entry.

Parameters:

asComment - will return the attribute string with '#' prepended.

wrap - if true the line will be wrapped and continued in the next line with ' ' at the begining.

Returns:

string representation of the attribute.

isBinary

public boolean isBinary()

Returns whether the attribute is a Binary attribute or not.

Returns:

true if the attribute is created to contain binary values; false otherwise

setBinary

public boolean setBinary(boolean binary)

set this attribute as binary attribute.

Parameters:

binary - true if the attribute is created to contain binary values; false otherwise

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Retrieves the string representation of an attribute in an LDAP entry. For example:

Returns:

string representation of the attribute.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object ldifAttr)

Checks for the equality of the attribute with the given one.

Parameters:

ldifAttr - an Object that you want to check for equality

Returns:

ture if ldifAttr has same name as this object then

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Returns a copy of this object

Returns:

Object a copy of this object