LdapAttribute (VT LDAP Libraries 3.3.8 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractLdapAttribute, OrderedLdapBeanFactory.OrderedLdapAttribute, SortedLdapBeanFactory.SortedLdapAttribute, UnorderedLdapBeanFactory.UnorderedLdapAttribute
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public interface LdapAttribute
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LdapAttribute represents a single ldap attribute. Ldap attribute values must be unique per http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4512#section-2.3. For any given attribute, the values must all be of the same type.

Version:

$Revision: 1330 $ $Date: 2010-05-24 00:10:53 +0200 (Mon, 24 May 2010) $

Author:

Middleware Services

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getName()`	This returns the name of this `LdapAttribute`.
`java.util.Set<java.lang.String>`	`getStringValues()`	This returns the value(s) of this `LdapAttribute` Values are encoded in base64 format if the underlying value is of type byte[].
`java.util.Set<java.lang.Object>`	`getValues()`	This returns the value(s) of this `LdapAttribute`.
`void`	`setAttribute(javax.naming.directory.Attribute attribute)`	This sets this `LdapAttribute` using the supplied attribute.
`void`	`setName(java.lang.String name)`	This sets the name of this `LdapAttribute`.
`javax.naming.directory.Attribute`	`toAttribute()`	This returns an `Attribute` that represents the values in this `LdapAttribute`.

- Method Detail
  - getName
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java.lang.String getName()
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    This returns the name of this LdapAttribute.
    
    Returns:
    
    String
  - getValues
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java.util.Set<java.lang.Object> getValues()
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    This returns the value(s) of this LdapAttribute.
    
    Returns:
    
    Set
  - getStringValues
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java.util.Set<java.lang.String> getStringValues()
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    This returns the value(s) of this LdapAttribute Values are encoded in base64 format if the underlying value is of type byte[]. The returned set is unmodifiable.
    
    Returns:
    
    unmodifiable Set
  - setAttribute
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void setAttribute(javax.naming.directory.Attribute attribute)
           throws javax.naming.NamingException
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    This sets this LdapAttribute using the supplied attribute.
    
    Parameters:
    
    attribute - Attribute
    
    Throws:
    
    javax.naming.NamingException - if the attribute values cannot be read
  - setName
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void setName(java.lang.String name)
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    This sets the name of this LdapAttribute.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - String
  - toAttribute
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javax.naming.directory.Attribute toAttribute()
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    This returns an Attribute that represents the values in this LdapAttribute.
    
    Returns:
    
    Attribute