LdapQuery

All Known Subinterfaces:

ContainerCriteria

All Known Implementing Classes:

LdapQueryBuilder
```
public interface LdapQuery
```
Holds all information regarding a Ldap query to be performed. Contains information regarding search base, search scope, time and count limits, and search filter.

Since:

2.0

See Also:

LdapQueryBuilder, LdapOperations.search(LdapQuery, org.springframework.ldap.core.AttributesMapper), LdapOperations.search(LdapQuery, org.springframework.ldap.core.ContextMapper), LdapOperations.searchForObject(LdapQuery, org.springframework.ldap.core.ContextMapper), LdapOperations.searchForContext(LdapQuery)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String[]`	`attributes()`	Get the attributes to return.
`javax.naming.Name`	`base()`	Get the search base.
`java.lang.Integer`	`countLimit()`	Get the count limit.
`Filter`	`filter()`	Get the filter.
`SearchScope`	`searchScope()`	Get the search scope.
`java.lang.Integer`	`timeLimit()`	Get the time limit.

- Method Detail
  - base
```
javax.naming.Name base()
```
    Get the search base. Default is LdapUtils.emptyLdapName().
    
    Returns:
    
    the search base.
  - searchScope
```
SearchScope searchScope()
```
    Get the search scope. Default is null, indicating that the LdapTemplate default should be used.
    
    Returns:
    
    the search scope.
  - timeLimit
```
java.lang.Integer timeLimit()
```
    Get the time limit. Default is null, indicating that the LdapTemplate default should be used.
    
    Returns:
    
    the time limit.
  - countLimit
```
java.lang.Integer countLimit()
```
    Get the count limit. Default is null, indicating that the LdapTemplate default should be used.
    
    Returns:
    
    the count limit.
  - attributes
```
java.lang.String[] attributes()
```
    Get the attributes to return. Default is null, indicating that all attributes should be returned.
    
    Returns:
    
    the attributes to return.
  - filter
```
Filter filter()
```
    Get the filter.
    
    Returns:
    
    the filter.