Package org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.entry

Class ImmutableEntry

java.lang.Object

org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.entry.ImmutableEntry

All Implemented Interfaces:

Externalizable, Serializable, Cloneable, Iterable<Attribute>, Entry

public class ImmutableEntry
extends Object
implements Entry

A default implementation of a ServerEntry which should suite most use cases. This class is final, it should not be extended.

Author:

Apache Directory Project

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ImmutableEntry(Entry entry)	Creates a new instance of DefaultEntry.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Entry	add(String upId, byte[]... values)	Add some binary values to the current Entry.
Entry	add(String upId, String... values)	Add some String values to the current Entry.
Entry	add(String upId, Value... values)	Add some Values to the current Entry.
Entry	add(String upId, AttributeType attributeType, byte[]... values)	Add an attribute (represented by its AttributeType and some binary values) into an entry.
Entry	add(String upId, AttributeType attributeType, String... values)	Add an attribute (represented by its AttributeType and some String values) into an entry.
Entry	add(String upId, AttributeType attributeType, Value... values)	Add an attribute (represented by its AttributeType and some values) into an entry.
Entry	add(Attribute... attributes)	Add some Attributes to the current Entry.
Entry	add(AttributeType attributeType, byte[]... values)	Add an attribute (represented by its AttributeType and some binary values) into an entry.
Entry	add(AttributeType attributeType, String... values)	Add an attribute (represented by its AttributeType and some String values) into an entry.
Entry	add(AttributeType attributeType, Value... values)	Add an attribute (represented by its AttributeType and some values) into an entry.
void	clear()	Remove all the attributes for this entry.
Entry	clone()	Clone an entry.
boolean	contains(String upId, byte[]... values)	Checks if an entry contains an attribute with some binary values.
boolean	contains(String upId, String... values)	Checks if an entry contains an attribute with some String values.
boolean	contains(String upId, Value... values)	Checks if an entry contains an attribute with some values.
boolean	contains(Attribute... attributes)	Checks if an entry contains a list of attributes.
boolean	contains(AttributeType attributeType, byte[]... values)	Checks if an entry contains an attribute with some given binary values.
boolean	contains(AttributeType attributeType, String... values)	Checks if an entry contains an attribute with some given String values.
boolean	contains(AttributeType attributeType, Value... values)	Checks if an entry contains an attribute with some given binary values.
boolean	containsAttribute(String... attributes)	Checks if an entry contains some specific attributes.
boolean	containsAttribute(AttributeType attributeType)	Checks if an entry contains a specific AttributeType.
void	deserialize(ObjectInput in)	Deserialize an entry.
boolean	equals(Object o)
Attribute	get(String alias)	Returns the attribute with the specified alias.
Attribute	get(AttributeType attributeType)	Returns the attribute associated with an AttributeType
Collection<Attribute>	getAttributes()	Gets all the attributes
Dn	getDn()	Get this entry's Dn.
int	hashCode()	Get the hash code of this ClientEntry.
boolean	hasObjectClass(String... objectClasses)	Tells if an entry as some specific ObjectClasses values
boolean	hasObjectClass(Attribute... objectClasses)	Tells if an entry has some specific ObjectClasses Attributes
boolean	isSchemaAware()	Tells if the Entry is schema aware
Iterator<Attribute>	iterator()	Returns an enumeration containing the zero or more attributes in the collection.
Attribute	put(String upId, byte[]... values)	Put an attribute (represented by its ID and some binary values) into an entry.
Attribute	put(String upId, String... values)	Put an attribute (represented by its ID and some String values) into an entry.
Attribute	put(String upId, Value... values)	Put an attribute (represented by its ID and some values) into an entry.
Attribute	put(String upId, AttributeType attributeType, byte[]... values)	Places a new attribute with the supplied AttributeType and some binary values into the attribute collection.
Attribute	put(String upId, AttributeType attributeType, String... values)	Places a new attribute with the supplied AttributeType and some String values into the attribute collection.
Attribute	put(String upId, AttributeType attributeType, Value... values)	Places a new attribute with the supplied AttributeType and some values into the attribute collection.
List<Attribute>	put(Attribute... attributes)	Places attributes in the attribute collection.
Attribute	put(AttributeType attributeType, byte[]... values)	Places a new attribute with the supplied AttributeType and binary values into the attribute collection.
Attribute	put(AttributeType attributeType, String... values)	Places a new attribute with the supplied AttributeType and String values into the attribute collection.
Attribute	put(AttributeType attributeType, Value... values)	Places a new attribute with the supplied AttributeType and some values into the attribute collection.
void	readExternal(ObjectInput in)
boolean	remove(String upId, byte[]... values)	Removes the specified binary values from an attribute.
boolean	remove(String upId, String... values)	Removes the specified String values from an attribute.
boolean	remove(String upId, Value... values)	Removes the specified values from an attribute.
List<Attribute>	remove(Attribute... attributes)	Removes the specified attributes.
boolean	remove(AttributeType attributeType, byte[]... values)	Removes the specified binary values from an attribute.
boolean	remove(AttributeType attributeType, String... values)	Removes the specified String values from an attribute.
boolean	remove(AttributeType attributeType, Value... values)	Removes the specified values from an attribute.
void	removeAttributes(String... attributes)	Removes the attribute with the specified alias.
void	removeAttributes(AttributeType... attributes)	Removes the attribute with the specified AttributeTypes.
void	serialize(ObjectOutput out)	Serialize an Entry.
void	setDn(String dn)	Set this entry's Dn.
void	setDn(Dn dn)	Set this entry's Dn.
Entry	shallowClone()	Shallow Clone the current entry.
int	size()	Returns the number of attributes.
String	toString()
String	toString(String tabs)	A pretty-pinter for Entries
void	writeExternal(ObjectOutput out)	This is the place where we serialize entries, and all theirs elements.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Iterable

forEach, spliterator

Constructor Detail

ImmutableEntry

public ImmutableEntry(Entry entry)

Creates a new instance of DefaultEntry.

This entry must be initialized before being used !

Parameters:

entry - The encapsulated entry

Method Detail

add

public Entry add(AttributeType attributeType,
                 byte[]... values)
          throws LdapException

Add an attribute (represented by its AttributeType and some binary values) into an entry.

If we already have an attribute with the same values, the duplicated values are not added (duplicated values are not allowed)

If the value cannot be added, or if the AttributeType is null or invalid, a LdapException is thrown.

Specified by:

add in interface Entry

Parameters:

attributeType - The attribute Type.

values - The list of binary values to inject. It can be empty.

Returns:

the modified entry

Throws:

LdapException - If the attribute does not exist

add

public Entry add(AttributeType attributeType,
                 String... values)
          throws LdapException

Add an attribute (represented by its AttributeType and some String values) into an entry.

If we already have an attribute with the same values, the duplicated values are not added (duplicated values are not allowed)

If the value cannot be added, or if the AttributeType is null or invalid, a LdapException is thrown.

Specified by:

add in interface Entry

Parameters:

attributeType - The attribute Type

values - The list of binary values to inject. It can be empty

Returns:

the modified entry

Throws:

LdapException - If the attribute does not exist

add

public Entry add(AttributeType attributeType,
                 Value... values)
          throws LdapException

Add an attribute (represented by its AttributeType and some values) into an entry.

If we already have an attribute with the same values, the duplicated values are not added (duplicated values are not allowed)

If the value cannot be added, or if the AttributeType is null or invalid, a LdapException is thrown.

Specified by:

add in interface Entry

Parameters:

attributeType - The attribute Type

values - The list of binary values to inject. It can be empty

Returns:

the modified entry

Throws:

LdapException - If the attribute does not exist

add

public Entry add(String upId,
                 AttributeType attributeType,
                 byte[]... values)
          throws LdapException

Add an attribute (represented by its AttributeType and some binary values) into an entry. Set the User Provider ID at the same time

If we already have an attribute with the same values, the duplicated values are not added (duplicated values are not allowed)

If the value cannot be added, or if the AttributeType is null or invalid, a LdapException is thrown.

Specified by:

add in interface Entry

Parameters:

upId - The user provided ID for the added AttributeType

attributeType - The attribute Type.

values - The list of binary values to add. It can be empty.

Returns:

the modified entry

Throws:

LdapException - If the attribute does not exist

add

public Entry add(String upId,
                 AttributeType attributeType,
                 Value... values)
          throws LdapException

Add an attribute (represented by its AttributeType and some values) into an entry. Set the User Provider ID at the same time

If we already have an attribute with the same values, nothing is done (duplicated values are not allowed)

If the value cannot be added, or if the AttributeType is null or invalid, a LdapException is thrown.

Specified by:

add in interface Entry

Parameters:

upId - The user provided ID for the added AttributeType

attributeType - The attribute Type.

values - The list of values to add. It can be empty.

Returns:

the modified entry

Throws:

LdapException - If the attribute does not exist

add

public Entry add(String upId,
                 AttributeType attributeType,
                 String... values)
          throws LdapException

Add an attribute (represented by its AttributeType and some String values) into an entry. Set the User Provider ID at the same time

If we already have an attribute with the same values, the duplicated values are not added (duplicated values are not allowed)

If the value cannot be added, or if the AttributeType is null or invalid, a LdapException is thrown.

Specified by:

add in interface Entry

Parameters:

upId - The user provided ID for the added AttributeType

attributeType - The attribute Type.

values - The list of String values to add. It can be empty.

Returns:

the modified entry

Throws:

LdapException - If the attribute does not exist

add

public Entry add(Attribute... attributes)
          throws LdapException

Add some Attributes to the current Entry.

Specified by:

add in interface Entry

Parameters:

attributes - The attributes to add

Returns:

the modified entry

Throws:

LdapException - If we can't add any of the attributes

add

public Entry add(String upId,
                 byte[]... values)
          throws LdapException

Add some binary values to the current Entry.

Specified by:

add in interface Entry

Parameters:

upId - The user provided ID of the attribute we want to add some values to

values - The list of binary values to add

Returns:

the modified entry

Throws:

LdapException - If we can't add any of the values

add

public Entry add(String upId,
                 String... values)
          throws LdapException

Add some String values to the current Entry.

Specified by:

add in interface Entry

Parameters:

upId - The user provided ID of the attribute we want to add some values to

values - The list of String values to add

Returns:

the modified entry

Throws:

LdapException - If we can't add any of the values

add

public Entry add(String upId,
                 Value... values)
          throws LdapException

Add some Values to the current Entry.

Specified by:

add in interface Entry

Parameters:

upId - The user provided ID of the attribute we want to add some values to

values - The list of Values to add

Returns:

the modified entry

Throws:

LdapException - If we can't add any of the values

clone

public Entry clone()

Clone an entry. All the element are duplicated, so a modification on the original object won't affect the cloned object, as a modification on the cloned object has no impact on the original object

Specified by:

clone in interface Entry

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Returns:

a full copy of this entry

shallowClone

public Entry shallowClone()

Shallow Clone the current entry. We don't deep clone the attributes

Specified by:

shallowClone in interface Entry

Returns:

a shallow copy of this entry

contains

public boolean contains(Attribute... attributes)

Checks if an entry contains a list of attributes.

If the list is null or empty, this method will return true if the entry has no attribute, false otherwise.

Specified by:

contains in interface Entry

Parameters:

attributes - The Attributes to look for

Returns:

true if all the attributes are found within the entry, false if at least one of them is not present.

containsAttribute

public boolean containsAttribute(String... attributes)

Checks if an entry contains some specific attributes.

Specified by:

containsAttribute in interface Entry

Parameters:

attributes - The Attributes to look for.

Returns:

true if the attributes are all found within the entry.

containsAttribute

public boolean containsAttribute(AttributeType attributeType)

Checks if an entry contains a specific AttributeType.

Specified by:

containsAttribute in interface Entry

Parameters:

attributeType - The AttributeType to look for.

Returns:

true if the attribute is found within the entry.

contains

public boolean contains(AttributeType attributeType,
                        byte[]... values)

Checks if an entry contains an attribute with some given binary values.

Specified by:

contains in interface Entry

Parameters:

attributeType - The Attribute we are looking for.

values - The searched binary values.

Returns:

true if all the values are found within the attribute, false otherwise, or if the attributes does not exist.

contains

public boolean contains(AttributeType attributeType,
                        String... values)

Checks if an entry contains an attribute with some given String values.

Specified by:

contains in interface Entry

Parameters:

attributeType - The Attribute we are looking for.

values - The searched String values.

Returns:

true if all the values are found within the attribute, false otherwise, or if the attributes does not exist.

contains

public boolean contains(AttributeType attributeType,
                        Value... values)

Checks if an entry contains an attribute with some given binary values.

Specified by:

contains in interface Entry

Parameters:

attributeType - The Attribute we are looking for.

values - The searched values.

Returns:

true if all the values are found within the attribute, false otherwise, or if the attributes does not exist.

contains

public boolean contains(String upId,
                        byte[]... values)

Checks if an entry contains an attribute with some binary values.

Specified by:

contains in interface Entry

Parameters:

upId - The Attribute we are looking for.

values - The searched values.

Returns:

true if all the values are found within the attribute, false if at least one value is not present or if the ID is not valid.

contains

public boolean contains(String upId,
                        String... values)

Checks if an entry contains an attribute with some String values.

Specified by:

contains in interface Entry

Parameters:

upId - The Attribute we are looking for.

values - The searched values.

Returns:

true if all the values are found within the attribute, false if at least one value is not present or if the ID is not valid.

contains

public boolean contains(String upId,
                        Value... values)

Checks if an entry contains an attribute with some values.

Specified by:

contains in interface Entry

Parameters:

upId - The Attribute we are looking for.

values - The searched values.

Returns:

true if all the values are found within the attribute, false if at least one value is not present or if the ID is not valid.

get

public Attribute get(String alias)

Returns the attribute with the specified alias. The return value is null if no match is found.

An Attribute with an id different from the supplied alias may be returned: for example a call with 'cn' may in some implementations return an Attribute whose getId() field returns 'commonName'.

Specified by:

get in interface Entry

Parameters:

alias - an aliased name of the attribute identifier

Returns:

the attribute associated with the alias

get

public Attribute get(AttributeType attributeType)

Returns the attribute associated with an AttributeType

Specified by:

get in interface Entry

Parameters:

attributeType - the AttributeType we are looking for

Returns:

the associated attribute

getAttributes

public Collection<Attribute> getAttributes()

Gets all the attributes

Specified by:

getAttributes in interface Entry

Returns:

The combined set of all the attributes.

put

public Attribute put(String upId,
                     byte[]... values)

Put an attribute (represented by its ID and some binary values) into an entry.

If the attribute already exists, the previous attribute will be replaced and returned.

Specified by:

put in interface Entry

Parameters:

upId - The attribute ID

values - The list of binary values to put. It can be empty.

Returns:

The replaced attribute

put

public Attribute put(String upId,
                     String... values)

Put an attribute (represented by its ID and some String values) into an entry.

If the attribute already exists, the previous attribute will be replaced and returned.

Specified by:

put in interface Entry

Parameters:

upId - The attribute ID

values - The list of String values to put. It can be empty.

Returns:

The replaced attribute

put

public Attribute put(String upId,
                     Value... values)

Put an attribute (represented by its ID and some values) into an entry.

If the attribute already exists, the previous attribute will be replaced and returned.

Specified by:

put in interface Entry

Parameters:

upId - The attribute ID

values - The list of values to put. It can be empty.

Returns:

The replaced attribute

put

public List<Attribute> put(Attribute... attributes)
                    throws LdapException

Places attributes in the attribute collection.

If there is already an attribute with the same ID as any of the new attributes, the old ones are removed from the collection and are returned by this method. If there was no attribute with the same ID the return value is null.

Specified by:

put in interface Entry

Parameters:

attributes - the attributes to be put

Returns:

the old attributes with the same OID, if exist; otherwise null

Throws:

LdapException - if the operation fails

put

public Attribute put(AttributeType attributeType,
                     byte[]... values)
              throws LdapException

Places a new attribute with the supplied AttributeType and binary values into the attribute collection.

If there is already an attribute with the same AttributeType, the old one is removed from the collection and is returned by this method.

This method provides a mechanism to put an attribute with a null value: the value may be null.

Specified by:

put in interface Entry

Parameters:

attributeType - the type of the new attribute to be put

values - the binary values of the new attribute to be put

Returns:

the old attribute with the same identifier, if exists; otherwise null

Throws:

LdapException - if there are failures

put

public Attribute put(AttributeType attributeType,
                     String... values)
              throws LdapException

Places a new attribute with the supplied AttributeType and String values into the attribute collection.

If there is already an attribute with the same AttributeType, the old one is removed from the collection and is returned by this method.

This method provides a mechanism to put an attribute with a null value: the value may be null.

Specified by:

put in interface Entry

Parameters:

attributeType - the type of the new attribute to be put

values - the String values of the new attribute to be put

Returns:

the old attribute with the same identifier, if exists; otherwise null

Throws:

LdapException - if there are failures

put

public Attribute put(AttributeType attributeType,
                     Value... values)
              throws LdapException

Places a new attribute with the supplied AttributeType and some values into the attribute collection.

If there is already an attribute with the same AttributeType, the old one is removed from the collection and is returned by this method.

This method provides a mechanism to put an attribute with a null value: the value may be null.

Specified by:

put in interface Entry

Parameters:

attributeType - the type of the new attribute to be put

values - the values of the new attribute to be put

Returns:

the old attribute with the same identifier, if exists; otherwise null

Throws:

LdapException - if there are failures

put

public Attribute put(String upId,
                     AttributeType attributeType,
                     byte[]... values)
              throws LdapException

Places a new attribute with the supplied AttributeType and some binary values into the attribute collection.

The given User provided ID will be used for this new AttributeEntry.

If there is already an attribute with the same AttributeType, the old one is removed from the collection and is returned by this method.

This method provides a mechanism to put an attribute with a null value: the value may be null.

Specified by:

put in interface Entry

Parameters:

upId - The User Provided ID to be stored into the AttributeEntry

attributeType - The attributeType to use

values - The values to store

Returns:

the old attribute with the same identifier, if exists; otherwise null

Throws:

LdapException - if there are failures.

put

public Attribute put(String upId,
                     AttributeType attributeType,
                     String... values)
              throws LdapException

Places a new attribute with the supplied AttributeType and some String values into the attribute collection.

The given User provided ID will be used for this new AttributeEntry.

If there is already an attribute with the same AttributeType, the old one is removed from the collection and is returned by this method.

This method provides a mechanism to put an attribute with a null value: the value may be null.

Specified by:

put in interface Entry

Parameters:

upId - The User Provided ID to be stored into the AttributeEntry

attributeType - the type of the new attribute to be put

values - the String values of the new attribute to be put

Returns:

the old attribute with the same identifier, if exists; otherwise null

Throws:

LdapException - if there are failures.

put

public Attribute put(String upId,
                     AttributeType attributeType,
                     Value... values)
              throws LdapException

Places a new attribute with the supplied AttributeType and some values into the attribute collection.

The given User provided ID will be used for this new AttributeEntry.

If there is already an attribute with the same AttributeType, the old one is removed from the collection and is returned by this method.

This method provides a mechanism to put an attribute with a null value: the value may be null.

Specified by:

put in interface Entry

Parameters:

upId - The User Provided ID to be stored into the AttributeEntry

attributeType - the type of the new attribute to be put

values - the values of the new attribute to be put

Returns:

the old attribute with the same identifier, if exists; otherwise null

Throws:

LdapException - if there are failures.

remove

public List<Attribute> remove(Attribute... attributes)
                       throws LdapException

Removes the specified attributes. The removed attributes are returned by this method. If there were no attribute the return value is null.

Specified by:

remove in interface Entry

Parameters:

attributes - the attributes to be removed

Returns:

the removed attribute, if exists; otherwise null

Throws:

LdapException - If the removal failed

remove

public boolean remove(AttributeType attributeType,
                      byte[]... values)
               throws LdapException

Removes the specified binary values from an attribute.

If at least one value is removed, this method returns true.

If there is no more value after having removed the values, the attribute will be removed too.

If the attribute does not exist, nothing is done and the method returns false

Specified by:

remove in interface Entry

Parameters:

attributeType - The attribute type

values - the values to be removed

Returns:

true if at least a value is removed, false if not all the values have been removed or if the attribute does not exist.

Throws:

LdapException - If the removal failed

remove

public boolean remove(AttributeType attributeType,
                      String... values)
               throws LdapException

Removes the specified String values from an attribute.

If at least one value is removed, this method returns true.

If there is no more value after having removed the values, the attribute will be removed too.

If the attribute does not exist, nothing is done and the method returns false

Specified by:

remove in interface Entry

Parameters:

attributeType - The attribute type

values - the values to be removed

Returns:

true if at least a value is removed, false if not all the values have been removed or if the attribute does not exist.

Throws:

LdapException - If the removal failed

remove

public boolean remove(AttributeType attributeType,
                      Value... values)
               throws LdapException

Removes the specified values from an attribute.

If at least one value is removed, this method returns true.

If there is no more value after having removed the values, the attribute will be removed too.

If the attribute does not exist, nothing is done and the method returns false

Specified by:

remove in interface Entry

Parameters:

attributeType - The attribute type

values - the values to be removed

Returns:

true if at least a value is removed, false if not all the values have been removed or if the attribute does not exist.

Throws:

LdapException - If the removal failed

removeAttributes

public void removeAttributes(AttributeType... attributes)

Removes the attribute with the specified AttributeTypes.

The removed attribute are returned by this method.

If there is no attribute with the specified AttributeTypes, the return value is null.

Specified by:

removeAttributes in interface Entry

Parameters:

attributes - the AttributeTypes to be removed

removeAttributes

public void removeAttributes(String... attributes)

Removes the attribute with the specified alias.

The removed attribute are returned by this method.

If there is no attribute with the specified alias, the return value is null.

Specified by:

removeAttributes in interface Entry

Parameters:

attributes - an aliased name of the attribute to be removed

remove

public boolean remove(String upId,
                      byte[]... values)
               throws LdapException

Removes the specified binary values from an attribute.

If at least one value is removed, this method returns true.

If there is no more value after having removed the values, the attribute will be removed too.

If the attribute does not exist, nothing is done and the method returns false

Specified by:

remove in interface Entry

Parameters:

upId - The attribute ID

values - the values to be removed

Returns:

true if at least a value is removed, false if not all the values have been removed or if the attribute does not exist.

Throws:

LdapException - If the removal failed

remove

public boolean remove(String upId,
                      String... values)
               throws LdapException

Removes the specified String values from an attribute.

If at least one value is removed, this method returns true.

If there is no more value after having removed the values, the attribute will be removed too.

If the attribute does not exist, nothing is done and the method returns false

Specified by:

remove in interface Entry

Parameters:

upId - The attribute ID

values - the attributes to be removed

Returns:

true if at least a value is removed, false if not all the values have been removed or if the attribute does not exist.

Throws:

LdapException - If the provided values are invalid

remove

public boolean remove(String upId,
                      Value... values)
               throws LdapException

Removes the specified values from an attribute.

If at least one value is removed, this method returns true.

If there is no more value after having removed the values, the attribute will be removed too.

If the attribute does not exist, nothing is done and the method returns false

Specified by:

remove in interface Entry

Parameters:

upId - The attribute ID

values - the attributes to be removed

Returns:

true if at least a value is removed, false if not all the values have been removed or if the attribute does not exist.

Throws:

LdapException - if the attribute does not exists

getDn

public Dn getDn()

Get this entry's Dn.

Specified by:

getDn in interface Entry

Returns:

The entry's Dn

setDn

public void setDn(Dn dn)

Set this entry's Dn.

Specified by:

setDn in interface Entry

Parameters:

dn - The Dn associated with this entry

setDn

public void setDn(String dn)
           throws LdapInvalidDnException

Set this entry's Dn.

Specified by:

setDn in interface Entry

Parameters:

dn - The String Dn associated with this entry

Throws:

LdapInvalidDnException - if the provided Dn is invalid

clear

public void clear()

Remove all the attributes for this entry. The Dn is not reset

Specified by:

clear in interface Entry

iterator

public Iterator<Attribute> iterator()

Returns an enumeration containing the zero or more attributes in the collection. The behavior of the enumeration is not specified if the attribute collection is changed.

Specified by:

iterator in interface Entry

Specified by:

iterator in interface Iterable<Attribute>

Returns:

an enumeration of all contained attributes

size

public int size()

Returns the number of attributes.

Specified by:

size in interface Entry

Returns:

the number of attributes

writeExternal

public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput out)
                   throws IOException

This is the place where we serialize entries, and all theirs elements.
The structure used to store the entry is the following :

• [Dn] : If it's null, stores an empty Dn
• [attributes number] : the number of attributes.
• [attribute]* : each attribute, if we have some

Specified by:

writeExternal in interface Externalizable

Throws:

IOException

readExternal

public void readExternal(ObjectInput in)
                  throws IOException,
                         ClassNotFoundException

Specified by:

readExternal in interface Externalizable

Throws:

IOException

ClassNotFoundException

serialize

public void serialize(ObjectOutput out)
               throws IOException

Serialize an Entry. The structure is the following : [a byte] : if the Dn is empty 0 will be written else 1 [Rdn] : The entry's Rdn. [numberAttr] : the bumber of attributes. Can be 0 [attribute's oid]* : The attribute's OID to get back the attributeType on deserialization [Attribute]* The attribute

Parameters:

out - the buffer in which the data will be serialized

Throws:

IOException - if the serialization failed

deserialize

public void deserialize(ObjectInput in)
                 throws IOException,
                        ClassNotFoundException

Deserialize an entry.

Parameters:

in - The buffer containing the serialized serverEntry

Throws:

IOException - if there was a problem when deserializing

ClassNotFoundException - if we can't deserialize an expected object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Get the hash code of this ClientEntry. The Attributes will be sorted before the comparison can be done.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

the instance's hash code

See Also:

Object.hashCode()

hasObjectClass

public boolean hasObjectClass(String... objectClasses)

Tells if an entry as some specific ObjectClasses values

Specified by:

hasObjectClass in interface Entry

Parameters:

objectClasses - The ObjectClasses we want to check

Returns:

true if all the ObjectClasses value are present in the ObjectClass attribute

hasObjectClass

public boolean hasObjectClass(Attribute... objectClasses)

Tells if an entry has some specific ObjectClasses Attributes

Specified by:

hasObjectClass in interface Entry

Parameters:

objectClasses - The ObjectClasses we want to check

Returns:

true if the ObjectClasses Attribute are present in the ObjectClass attribute

isSchemaAware

public boolean isSchemaAware()

Tells if the Entry is schema aware

Specified by:

isSchemaAware in interface Entry

Returns:

true if the Entry is schema aware

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

See Also:

Object.equals(Object)

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

See Also:

Object.toString()

toString

public String toString(String tabs)

A pretty-pinter for Entries

Specified by:

toString in interface Entry

Parameters:

tabs - The tabs to add before any output

Returns:

The pretty-printed entry