Package netscape.ldap

Class LDAPAttributeSet

java.lang.Object

netscape.ldap.LDAPAttributeSet

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

public class LDAPAttributeSet
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable

Represents a set of attributes (for example, the set of attributes in an entry).

See Also:

LDAPAttribute, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
LDAPAttributeSet()	Constructs a new set of attributes.
LDAPAttributeSet(LDAPAttribute[] attrs)	Constructs an attribute set.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	add(LDAPAttribute attr)	Adds the specified attribute to this attribute set.
java.lang.Object	clone()
LDAPAttribute	elementAt(int index)	Returns the attribute at the position specified by the index.
LDAPAttribute	getAttribute(java.lang.String attrName)	Returns a single attribute that exactly matches the specified attribute name.
LDAPAttribute	getAttribute(java.lang.String attrName, java.lang.String lang)	Returns the subtype that matches the attribute name specified by attrName and the language specificaton identified by lang.
java.util.Enumeration	getAttributes()	Returns an enumeration of the attributes in this attribute set.
LDAPAttributeSet	getSubset(java.lang.String subtype)	Creates a new attribute set containing only the attributes that have the specified subtypes.
void	remove(java.lang.String name)	Removes the specified attribute from the set.
void	removeElementAt(int index)	Removes the attribute at the position specified by the index.
int	size()	Returns the number of attributes in this set.
java.lang.String	toString()	Retrieves the string representation of all attributes in the attribute set.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LDAPAttributeSet

public LDAPAttributeSet()

Constructs a new set of attributes. This set is initially empty.

LDAPAttributeSet

public LDAPAttributeSet(LDAPAttribute[] attrs)

Constructs an attribute set.

Parameters:

attrs - the list of attributes

Method Detail

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

getAttributes

public java.util.Enumeration getAttributes()

Returns an enumeration of the attributes in this attribute set.

Returns:

enumeration of the attributes in this set.

getSubset

public LDAPAttributeSet getSubset(java.lang.String subtype)

Creates a new attribute set containing only the attributes that have the specified subtypes.

For example, suppose an attribute set contains the following attributes:

 cn
 cn;lang-ja
 sn;phonetic;lang-ja
 sn;lang-us
 

If you call the getSubset method and pass lang-ja as the argument, the method returns an attribute set containing the following attributes:

 cn;lang-ja
 sn;phonetic;lang-ja
 

Parameters:

subtype - semi-colon delimited list of subtypes to find within attribute names. For example:

     "lang-ja"        // Only Japanese language subtypes
     "binary"         // Only binary subtypes
     "binary;lang-ja" // Only Japanese language subtypes
                         which also are binary
 

Returns:

attribute set containing the attributes that have the specified subtypes.

See Also:

LDAPAttribute, getAttribute(java.lang.String), LDAPEntry.getAttributeSet()

getAttribute

public LDAPAttribute getAttribute(java.lang.String attrName)

Returns a single attribute that exactly matches the specified attribute name.

Parameters:

attrName - name of attribute to return For example:

     "cn"            // Only a non-subtyped version of cn
     "cn;lang-ja"    // Only a Japanese version of cn

Returns:

attribute that has exactly the same name, or null (if no attribute in the set matches the specified name).

See Also:

LDAPAttribute

getAttribute

public LDAPAttribute getAttribute(java.lang.String attrName,
                                  java.lang.String lang)

Returns the subtype that matches the attribute name specified by attrName and the language specificaton identified by lang.

If no attribute in the set has the specified name and subtype, the method returns null. Attributes containing subtypes other than lang (for example, cn;binary) are returned only if they contain the specified lang subtype and if the set contains no attribute having only the lang subtype. (For example, getAttribute( "cn", "lang-ja" ) returns cn;lang-ja;phonetic only if the cn;lang-ja attribute does not exist.)

If null is specified for the lang argument, calling this method is the same as calling the getAttribute(attrName) method.

For example, suppose an entry contains only the following attributes:

• cn;lang-en
• cn;lang-ja-JP-kanji
• sn

Calling the following methods will return the following values:

• getAttribute( "cn" ) returns null.
• getAttribute( "sn" ) returns the "sn" attribute.
• getAttribute( "cn", "lang-en-us" ) returns the "cn;lang-en" attribute.
• getAttribute( "cn", "lang-en" ) returns the "cn;lang-en" attribute.
• getAttribute( "cn", "lang-ja" ) returns null.
• getAttribute( "sn", "lang-en" ) returns the "sn" attribute.

Parameters:

attrName - name of attribute to find in the entry

lang - a language specification

Returns:

the attribute that matches the base name and that best matches any specified language subtype.

See Also:

LDAPAttribute

elementAt

public LDAPAttribute elementAt(int index)

Returns the attribute at the position specified by the index. For example, if you specify the index 0, the method returns the first attribute in the set. The index is 0-based.

Parameters:

index - index of the attribute to obtain

Returns:

attribute at the position specified by the index.

removeElementAt

public void removeElementAt(int index)

Removes the attribute at the position specified by the index. For example, if you specify the index 0, the method removes the first attribute in the set. The index is 0-based.

Parameters:

index - index of the attribute to remove

size

public int size()

Returns the number of attributes in this set.

Returns:

number of attributes in this attribute set.

add

public void add(LDAPAttribute attr)

Adds the specified attribute to this attribute set.

Parameters:

attr - attribute to add to this set

remove

public void remove(java.lang.String name)

Removes the specified attribute from the set.

Parameters:

name - name of the attribute to remove

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Retrieves the string representation of all attributes in the attribute set. For example:

 LDAPAttributeSet: LDAPAttribute {type='cn', values='Barbara Jensen,Babs
 Jensen'}LDAPAttribute {type='sn', values='Jensen'}LDAPAttribute {type='
 givenname', values='Barbara'}LDAPAttribute {type='objectclass', values=
 'top,person,organizationalPerson,inetOrgPerson'}LDAPAttribute {type='ou',
 values='Product Development,People'}
 

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

string representation of all attributes in the set.