Netscape Directory Server Programmer's Guide: Function Reference

Complete Contents
Getting Started
Chapter 1 Understanding Server Plug-Ins
Chapter 2 Writing and Compiling Plug-Ins
Chapter 3 Calling the Front-End API Functions
Chapter 4 Quick Start
Chapter 5 Writing Database Plug-Ins
Chapter 6 Writing Pre/Post-Operation Plug-Ins
Chapter 7 Defining Functions for LDAP Operations
Chapter 8 Defining Functions for Database Operations
Chapter 9 Defining Functions for Authentication
Chapter 10 Writing Entry Store/Fetch Plug-Ins
Chapter 11 Writing Extended Operation Plug-Ins
Chapter 12 Writing Matching Rule Plug-Ins
Chapter 13 Data Type and Structure Reference
Chapter 14 Function Reference
Chapter 15 Parameter Reference
Glossary

slapi_attr_type2plugin()

Gets a pointer to information about the syntax plug-in responsible for handling the specified attribute type.

#include "slapi-plugin.h"
int slapi_attr_type2plugin( char *type, void **pi );

The function has the following parameters:
type
Type of attribute that you want to get the plug-in for.

pi
Pointer to the plug-in structure.

0 if successful, or -1 if the corresponding plug-in is not found.

Description

Syntax plug-ins are plug-ins that you can write to index and search for specific attribute types.

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