Package netscape.ldap

Class LDAPModificationSet

java.lang.Object

netscape.ldap.LDAPModificationSet

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class LDAPModificationSet
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

Represents a set of modifications to be made to attributes in an entry. A set of modifications is made up of LDAPModification objects.

After you specify a change to an attribute, you can execute the change by calling the LDAPConnection.modify method and specifying the DN of the entry that you want to modify.

See Also:

LDAPModification, LDAPConnection.modify(java.lang.String, netscape.ldap.LDAPModificationSet), Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
LDAPModificationSet()	Constructs a new, empty set of modifications.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	add(int op, LDAPAttribute attr)	Specifies another modification to be added to the set of modifications.
LDAPModification	elementAt(int index)	Retrieves a particular LDAPModification object at the position specified by the index.
void	remove(java.lang.String name)	Removes the first attribute with the specified name in the set of modifications.
void	removeElementAt(int index)	Removes a particular LDAPModification object at the position specified by the index.
int	size()	Retrieves the number of LDAPModification objects in this set.
java.lang.String	toString()	Retrieves the string representation of the modification set.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LDAPModificationSet

public LDAPModificationSet()

Constructs a new, empty set of modifications. You can add modifications to this set by calling the LDAPModificationsSet.add method.

Method Detail

size

public int size()

Retrieves the number of LDAPModification objects in this set.

Returns:

the number of LDAPModification objects in this set.

elementAt

public LDAPModification elementAt(int index)

Retrieves a particular LDAPModification object at the position specified by the index.

Parameters:

index - position of the LDAPModification object that you want to retrieve.

Returns:

LDAPModification object representing a change to make to an attribute.

removeElementAt

public void removeElementAt(int index)

Removes a particular LDAPModification object at the position specified by the index.

Parameters:

index - position of the LDAPModification object that you want to remove

add

public void add(int op,
                LDAPAttribute attr)

Specifies another modification to be added to the set of modifications.

Parameters:

op - the type of modification to make. This can be one of the following:

• LDAPModification.ADD (the value should be added to the attribute)
• LDAPModification.DELETE (the value should be removed from the attribute)
• LDAPModification.REPLACE (the value should replace the existing value of the attribute)

If you are working with a binary value (not a string value), you need to bitwise OR (|) the modification type with LDAPModification.BVALUES.

attr - the attribute (possibly with values) to modify

remove

public void remove(java.lang.String name)

Removes the first attribute with the specified name in the set of modifications.

Parameters:

name - name of the attribute to remove

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Retrieves the string representation of the modification set.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

string representation of the modification set.