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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
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 slapi_filter_get_ava()
(Applies only to filters of the types LDAP_FILTER_EQUALITY, LDAP_FILTER_GE, LDAP_FILTER_LE, LDAP_FILTER_APPROX) Gets the attribute type and the value from the filter.

Syntax

#include "slapi-plugin.h"
int slapi_filter_get_ava( Slapi_Filter *f, char **type, struct berval **bval );

Parameters

The function has the following parameters:
f

Filter that you want to get the attribute and value from.
type

Pointer to the attribute type of the filter.
bval

Pointer to the address of the berval structure containing the value of the filter.

Returns

0 if successful, or -1 if the filter is not one of the types listed above.

Description

Filters of the type LDAP_FILTER_EQUALITY, LDAP_FILTER_GE, LDAP_FILTER_LE, and LDAP_FILTER_APPROX generally compare a value against an attribute. For example:

(cn=Barbara Jensen)

This filter finds entries in which the value of the cn attribute is equal to Barbara Jensen.

Call the slapi_filter_get_ava() function to get the attribute type and value from this filter. In the case of the example above, calling the slapi_filter_get_ava() function gets the attribute type cn and the value Barbara Jensen.

Example

[To be added]

See Also

 

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