org.springframework.ldap.core
Interface DirContextOperations

All Superinterfaces:

AttributeModificationsAware, Context, DirContext, LdapDataEntry

All Known Implementing Classes:

DirContextAdapter

public interface DirContextOperations
extends DirContext, LdapDataEntry, AttributeModificationsAware

Interface for DirContextAdapter.

Author:

Mattias Hellborg Arthursson

See Also:

DirContextAdapter

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface javax.naming.directory.DirContext

ADD_ATTRIBUTE, REMOVE_ATTRIBUTE, REPLACE_ATTRIBUTE

Fields inherited from interface javax.naming.Context

APPLET, AUTHORITATIVE, BATCHSIZE, DNS_URL, INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, LANGUAGE, OBJECT_FACTORIES, PROVIDER_URL, REFERRAL, SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION, SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, SECURITY_PROTOCOL, STATE_FACTORIES, URL_PKG_PREFIXES

Method Summary

String	getNameInNamespace()
String[]	getNamesOfModifiedAttributes() Creates a String array of the names of the attributes which have been changed.
String	getReferralUrl() If this instance results from a referral, this method returns the url of the referred server.
boolean	isReferral() Checks whether this instance results from a referral.
boolean	isUpdateMode() Gets the update mode.
void	setDn(Name dn) Set the dn of this entry.
void	update() Update the attributes.This will mean that the getters ( getStringAttribute methods) will return the updated values, and the modifications will be forgotten (i.e.

Methods inherited from interface javax.naming.directory.DirContext

bind, bind, createSubcontext, createSubcontext, getAttributes, getAttributes, getAttributes, getAttributes, getSchema, getSchema, getSchemaClassDefinition, getSchemaClassDefinition, modifyAttributes, modifyAttributes, modifyAttributes, modifyAttributes, rebind, rebind, search, search, search, search, search, search, search, search

Methods inherited from interface javax.naming.Context

addToEnvironment, bind, bind, close, composeName, composeName, createSubcontext, createSubcontext, destroySubcontext, destroySubcontext, getEnvironment, getNameParser, getNameParser, list, list, listBindings, listBindings, lookup, lookup, lookupLink, lookupLink, rebind, rebind, removeFromEnvironment, rename, rename, unbind, unbind

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.LdapDataEntry

addAttributeValue, addAttributeValue, attributeExists, getAttributes, getAttributeSortedStringSet, getDn, getObjectAttribute, getObjectAttributes, getStringAttribute, getStringAttributes, removeAttributeValue, setAttributeValue, setAttributeValues, setAttributeValues

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.ldap.core.AttributeModificationsAware

getModificationItems

Method Detail

isUpdateMode

boolean isUpdateMode()

Gets the update mode. An entry in update mode will keep track of its modifications so that they can be retrieved using AttributeModificationsAware.getModificationItems(). The update mode should be true for a new entry and true for an existing entry that is being updated.

Returns:

update mode.

getNamesOfModifiedAttributes

String[] getNamesOfModifiedAttributes()

Creates a String array of the names of the attributes which have been changed. If this is a new entry, all set entries will be in the list. If this is an updated entry, only changed and removed entries will be in the array.

Returns:

Array of String

update

void update()

Update the attributes.This will mean that the getters ( getStringAttribute methods) will return the updated values, and the modifications will be forgotten (i.e. AttributeModificationsAware.getModificationItems() will return an empty array.

setDn

void setDn(Name dn)

Set the dn of this entry.

Parameters:

dn - the dn.

getNameInNamespace

String getNameInNamespace()

Specified by:

getNameInNamespace in interface Context

getReferralUrl

String getReferralUrl()

If this instance results from a referral, this method returns the url of the referred server.

Returns:

The url of the referred server, e.g. ldap://localhost:389, or the empty string if this is not a referral.

Since:

1.3

isReferral

boolean isReferral()

Checks whether this instance results from a referral.

Returns:

true if this instance results from a referral, false otherwise.

Since:

1.3