Syntax

#include "slapi-plugin.h"
int slapi_filter_get_subfilt( Slapi_Filter *f, char **type, char **initial, char ***any, char **final );

Parameters

The function has the following parameters:

f	Filter that you want to get the substring values from.
type	Pointer to the attribute type of the filter.
initial	Pointer to the initial substring ("starts with") of the filter.
any	Pointer to an array of the substrings ("contains") for the filter.
final	Pointer to the final substring ("ends with") 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_SUBSTRINGS generally compare a set of substrings against an attribute. For example:

(cn=John*Q*Public)

This filter finds entries in which the value of the cn attribute starts with John, contains Q, and ends with Public.

Call the slapi_filter_get_subfilt() function to get these substring values as well as the attribute type from this filter. In the case of the example above, calling the slapi_filter_get_subfilt() function gets the initial substring John, the any substring Q, and the final substring Public in addition to the attribute type cn.

Example

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See Also