Package netscape.ldap.util

Class LDIFAttributeContent

java.lang.Object

netscape.ldap.util.LDIFBaseContent

netscape.ldap.util.LDIFAttributeContent

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, LDIFContent

public class LDIFAttributeContent
extends LDIFBaseContent

An object of this class represents the content of an LDIF record that specifies an entry and its attributes. This class implements the LDIFContent interface.

To get this object from an LDIFRecord object, use the getContent method and cast the return value as LDIFAttributeContent.

See Also:

LDIFRecord.getContent(), Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface netscape.ldap.util.LDIFContent

ADD_CONTENT, ATTRIBUTE_CONTENT, DELETE_CONTENT, MODDN_CONTENT, MODIFICATION_CONTENT

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
LDIFAttributeContent()	Constructs an empty LDIFAttributeContent object with no attributes specified.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addElement(LDAPAttribute attr)	Adds an attribute to the content of the LDIF record.
LDAPAttribute[]	getAttributes()	Retrieves the list of the attributes specified in the content of the LDIF record.
int	getType()	Returns the content type.
java.lang.String	toString()	Returns the string representation of the content of the LDIF record.

Methods inherited from class netscape.ldap.util.LDIFBaseContent

getControls, getControlString, setControls

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LDIFAttributeContent

public LDIFAttributeContent()

Constructs an empty LDIFAttributeContent object with no attributes specified. You can use the addElement method to add attributes to this object.

See Also:

addElement(netscape.ldap.LDAPAttribute)

Method Detail

getType

public int getType()

Returns the content type. You can use this with the getContent method of the LDIFRecord object to determine the type of content specified in the record.

Returns:

the content type (which is LDIFContent.ATTRIBUTE_CONTENT).

See Also:

LDIFRecord.getContent()

addElement

public void addElement(LDAPAttribute attr)

Adds an attribute to the content of the LDIF record.

Parameters:

attr - the attribute to add

getAttributes

public LDAPAttribute[] getAttributes()

Retrieves the list of the attributes specified in the content of the LDIF record.

Returns:

an array of LDAPAttribute objects that represent the attributes specified in the content of the LDIF record.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns the string representation of the content of the LDIF record.

Specified by:

toString in interface LDIFContent

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the string representation of the content of the LDIF record.