LdapAttributes (VT LDAP Libraries 3.3.8 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractLdapAttributes, OrderedLdapBeanFactory.OrderedLdapAttributes, SortedLdapBeanFactory.SortedLdapAttributes, UnorderedLdapBeanFactory.UnorderedLdapAttributes
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public interface LdapAttributes
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LdapAttributes represents a collection of ldap attribute.

Version:

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

Author:

Middleware Services

Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`void`	`addAttribute(LdapAttribute a)` This adds a new attribute to this `LdapAttributes`.
`void`	`addAttribute(String name, List<?> values)` This adds a new attribute to this `LdapAttributes` with the supplied name and values.
`void`	`addAttribute(String name, Object value)` This adds a new attribute to this `LdapAttributes` with the supplied name and value.
`void`	`addAttributes(Attributes a)` This adds the attributes in the supplied `Attributes` to this `LdapAttributes`.
`void`	`addAttributes(Collection<LdapAttribute> c)` This adds a `Collection` of attributes to this `LdapAttributes`.
`void`	`clear()` This removes all attributes from this `LdapAttributes`.
`LdapAttribute`	`getAttribute(String name)` This returns the `LdapAttribute` for this `LdapAttributes` with the supplied name.
`String[]`	`getAttributeNames()` This returns an array of all the attribute names for this `LdapAttributes`.
`Collection<LdapAttribute>`	`getAttributes()` This returns a `Collection` of `LdapAttribute` for this `LdapAttributes`.
`void`	`removeAttribute(LdapAttribute a)` This removes an attribute from this `LdapAttributes`.
`void`	`removeAttribute(String name)` This removes the attribute with the supplied name.
`void`	`removeAttributes(Attributes a)` This removes the attributes in the supplied `Attributes` from this `LdapAttributes`.
`void`	`removeAttributes(Collection<LdapAttribute> c)` This removes a `Collection` of attributes from this `LdapAttributes`.
`int`	`size()` This returns the number of attributes in this attributes.
`Attributes`	`toAttributes()` This returns an `Attributes` that represents this entry.

- Method Detail
  - getAttributes
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Collection<LdapAttribute> getAttributes()
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    This returns a Collection of LdapAttribute for this LdapAttributes.
    
    Returns:
    List
  - getAttribute
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LdapAttribute getAttribute(String name)
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    This returns the LdapAttribute for this LdapAttributes with the supplied name.
    
    Parameters:
    name - String
    
    Returns:
    LdapAttribute
  - getAttributeNames
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String[] getAttributeNames()
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    This returns an array of all the attribute names for this LdapAttributes.
    
    Returns:
    String[]
  - addAttribute
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void addAttribute(LdapAttribute a)
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    This adds a new attribute to this LdapAttributes.
    
    Parameters:
    a - LdapAttribute
  - addAttribute
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void addAttribute(String name,
                Object value)
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    This adds a new attribute to this LdapAttributes with the supplied name and value.
    
    Parameters:
    name - String
    value - Object
  - addAttribute
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void addAttribute(String name,
                List<?> values)
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    This adds a new attribute to this LdapAttributes with the supplied name and values.
    
    Parameters:
    name - String
    values - List
  - addAttributes
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void addAttributes(Collection<LdapAttribute> c)
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    This adds a Collection of attributes to this LdapAttributes. The collection should contain LdapAttribute objects.
    
    Parameters:
    c - Collection
  - addAttributes
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void addAttributes(Attributes a)
                   throws NamingException
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    This adds the attributes in the supplied Attributes to this LdapAttributes.
    
    Parameters:
    a - Attributes
    
    Throws:
    
    NamingException - if the attributes cannot be read
  - removeAttribute
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void removeAttribute(LdapAttribute a)
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    This removes an attribute from this LdapAttributes.
    
    Parameters:
    a - LdapAttribute
  - removeAttribute
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void removeAttribute(String name)
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    This removes the attribute with the supplied name.
    
    Parameters:
    name - String
  - removeAttributes
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void removeAttributes(Collection<LdapAttribute> c)
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    This removes a Collection of attributes from this LdapAttributes. The collection should contain LdapAttribute objects.
    
    Parameters:
    c - Collection
  - removeAttributes
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void removeAttributes(Attributes a)
                      throws NamingException
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    This removes the attributes in the supplied Attributes from this LdapAttributes.
    
    Parameters:
    a - Attributes
    
    Throws:
    
    NamingException - if the attributes cannot be read
  - size
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int size()
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    This returns the number of attributes in this attributes.
    
    Returns:
    int
  - clear
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void clear()
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    This removes all attributes from this LdapAttributes.
  - toAttributes
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Attributes toAttributes()
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    This returns an Attributes that represents this entry.
    
    Returns:
    Attributes

Interface LdapAttributes

Method Summary

Method Detail

getAttributes

getAttribute

getAttributeNames

addAttribute

addAttribute

addAttribute

addAttributes

addAttributes

removeAttribute

removeAttribute

removeAttributes

removeAttributes

size

clear

toAttributes