Syntax

#include "slapi-plugin.h"
int slapi_matchingrule_get(Slapi_MatchingRuleEntry *mr, int arg, void *value);

Parameters

The function has the following parameters:

mr	Slapi_MatchingRuleEntry structure that you want to get data from.
arg	ID specifying the type of information you want to get.
value	Pointer to a variable to hold the retrieved data.

The arg argument can have one of the following values:

ID	Data Type of the value Argument	Description
SLAPI_MATCHINGRULE_NAME	char *	Name of the matching rule.
SLAPI_MATCHINGRULE_OID	char *	OID of the matching rule.
SLAPI_MATCHINGRULE_DESC	char *	Description of the matching rule.
SLAPI_MATCHINGRULE_SYNTAX	char *	Syntax supported by the matching rule.
SLAPI_MATCHINGRULE_OBSOLETE	int	If 1, the matching rule is obsolete.

Returns. One of the following values:

• 0 if the information was successfully retrieved.
• -1 if an error occurred (for example, if an invalid argument was specified).

Description. This function gets information about a matching rule from the Slapi_MatchingRuleEntry structure. To set information in this structure, call the slapi_matchingrule_set() function.

Example

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See Also