oracle.ldap.util
Class PropertySet

java.lang.Object
oracle.ldap.util.PropertySet

Direct Known Subclasses:

VarPropertySet

public class PropertySet

extends java.lang.Object

This class represents a particular PropertySet in a PropertySetCollection In other words, it represents a particular search result entry from a collection of search results

Method Summary

java.lang.String[]	getAttributeNames() Returns an array of String containing the name of all the properties - all the attribute names returned with this particular search entry.
java.lang.String	getDN() Returns the name of this property set - the DN of the search entry represented by this property set
Property	getProperty(int i) Returns the i-th property of this property set - the i-th attribute of this search entry.
Property	getProperty(java.lang.String attrID) Returns the property identified by the attrID - the attrID is the attribute name
boolean	isEmpty() Returns true if the property set does not contain any properties; false otherwise
int	size() Returns the size of this property set - the number of returned attributes for this particular search result entry

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

isEmpty

public final boolean isEmpty()

Returns true if the property set does not contain any properties; false otherwise

Returns:

boolean indicating whether the property set is empty or not

size

public final int size()

Returns the size of this property set - the number of returned attributes for this particular search result entry

Returns:

an int indicating the number of properties belonging to this property set; it can return 0.

getAttributeNames

public final java.lang.String[] getAttributeNames()

Returns an array of String containing the name of all the properties - all the attribute names returned with this particular search entry.

Returns:

a String array containing all the property names.

getProperty

public final Property getProperty(int i)

Returns the i-th property of this property set - the i-th attribute of this search entry.

Parameters:

i - the index of the property to be retrieved

Returns:

a Property representing the i-th property.

getProperty

public final Property getProperty(java.lang.String attrID)

Returns the property identified by the attrID - the attrID is the attribute name

Parameters:

attrID - the attribute to be retrieved

Returns:

a Property with attribute name attrID.

getDN

public final java.lang.String getDN()

Returns the name of this property set - the DN of the search entry represented by this property set

Returns:

a String representing the DN of the property set