javax.naming.directory
class BasicAttribute

java.lang.Object javax.naming.directory.BasicAttribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

Attribute

Most common ways to construct:

BasicAttribute objectclass = new BasicAttribute("objectclass");

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String groupdn = …;

BasicAttribute oc = new BasicAttribute("groupMembership", groupdn);

Based on 10 examples

public class BasicAttribute
extends Object
implements Attribute

This class provides a basic implementation of the Attribute interface.

This implementation does not support the schema methods getAttributeDefinition() and getAttributeSyntaxDefinition(). They simply throw OperationNotSupportedException. Subclasses of BasicAttribute should override these methods if they support them.

The BasicAttribute class by default uses Object.equals() to determine equality of attribute values when testing for equality or when searching for values, except when the value is an array. For an array, each element of the array is checked using Object.equals(). Subclasses of BasicAttribute can make use of schema information when doing similar equality checks by overriding methods in which such use of schema is meaningful. Similarly, the BasicAttribute class by default returns the values passed to its constructor and/or manipulated using the add/remove methods. Subclasses of BasicAttribute can override get() and getAll() to get the values dynamically from the directory (or implement the Attribute interface directly instead of subclassing BasicAttribute).

Note that updates to BasicAttribute (such as adding or removing a value) does not affect the corresponding representation of the attribute in the directory. Updates to the directory can only be effected using operations in the DirContext interface.

A BasicAttribute instance is not synchronized against concurrent multithreaded access. Multiple threads trying to access and modify a BasicAttribute should lock the object.

attrID

protected String attrID

Holds the attribute's id. It is initialized by the public constructor and cannot be null unless methods in BasicAttribute that use attrID have been overridden.

ordered

protected boolean ordered

A flag for recording whether this attribute's values are ordered.

values

protected transient Vector values

Holds the attribute's values. Initialized by public constructors. Cannot be null unless methods in BasicAttribute that use values have been overridden.

BasicAttribute

public BasicAttribute(String id)

Constructs a new instance of an unordered attribute with no value.

Parameters:

id - The attribute's id. It cannot be null.

BasicAttribute

public BasicAttribute(String id,
                      boolean ordered)

Constructs a new instance of a possibly ordered attribute with no value.

Parameters:

id - The attribute's id. It cannot be null.

ordered - true means the attribute's values will be ordered; false otherwise.

BasicAttribute

public BasicAttribute(String id,
                      Object value)

Constructs a new instance of an unordered attribute with a single value.

Parameters:

id - The attribute's id. It cannot be null.

value - The attribute's value. If null, a null value is added to the attribute.

BasicAttribute

public BasicAttribute(String id,
                      Object value,
                      boolean ordered)

Constructs a new instance of a possibly ordered attribute with a single value.

Parameters:

id - The attribute's id. It cannot be null.

value - The attribute's value. If null, a null value is added to the attribute.

ordered - true means the attribute's values will be ordered; false otherwise.

add

public void add(int ix,
                Object attrVal)

Parameters:

ix

attrVal

add

public boolean add(Object attrVal)

Adds a new value to this attribute.

By default, Object.equals() is used when comparing attrVal with this attribute's values except when attrVal is an array. For an array, each element of the array is checked using Object.equals(). A subclass may use schema information to determine equality.

Parameters:

attrVal

clear

public void clear()

clone

public Object clone()

Overrides:

clone in class Object

contains

public boolean contains(Object attrVal)

Determines whether a value is in this attribute.

By default, Object.equals() is used when comparing attrVal with this attribute's values except when attrVal is an array. For an array, each element of the array is checked using Object.equals(). A subclass may use schema information to determine equality.

Parameters:

attrVal

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Determines whether obj is equal to this attribute. Two attributes are equal if their attribute-ids, syntaxes and values are equal. If the attribute values are unordered, the order that the values were added are irrelevant. If the attribute values are ordered, then the order the values must match. If obj is null or not an Attribute, false is returned.

By default Object.equals() is used when comparing the attribute id and its values except when a value is an array. For an array, each element of the array is checked using Object.equals(). A subclass may override this to make use of schema syntax information and matching rules, which define what it means for two attributes to be equal. How and whether a subclass makes use of the schema information is determined by the subclass. If a subclass overrides equals(), it should also override hashCode() such that two attributes that are equal have the same hash code.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

obj - The possibly null object to check.

Returns:

true if obj is equal to this attribute; false otherwise.

get

public Object get()
           throws NamingException

Retrieves one of this attribute's values.

By default, the value returned is one of those passed to the constructor and/or manipulated using the add/replace/remove methods. A subclass may override this to retrieve the value dynamically from the directory.

Throws:

NamingException

get

public Object get(int ix)
           throws NamingException

Parameters:

ix

Throws:

NamingException

getAll

public NamingEnumeration getAll()
                         throws NamingException

Retrieves an enumeration of this attribute's values.

By default, the values returned are those passed to the constructor and/or manipulated using the add/replace/remove methods. A subclass may override this to retrieve the values dynamically from the directory.

Throws:

NamingException

getAttributeDefinition

public DirContext getAttributeDefinition()
                                  throws NamingException

Retrieves this attribute's schema definition.

This method by default throws OperationNotSupportedException. A subclass should override this method if it supports schema.

Throws:

NamingException

getAttributeSyntaxDefinition

public DirContext getAttributeSyntaxDefinition()
                                        throws NamingException

Retrieves the syntax definition associated with this attribute.

This method by default throws OperationNotSupportedException. A subclass should override this method if it supports schema.

Throws:

NamingException

getID

public String getID()

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Calculates the hash code of this attribute.

The hash code is computed by adding the hash code of the attribute's id and that of all of its values except for values that are arrays. For an array, the hash code of each element of the array is summed. If a subclass overrides hashCode(), it should override equals() as well so that two attributes that are equal have the same hash code.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

an int representing the hash code of this attribute.

isOrdered

public boolean isOrdered()

remove

public Object remove(int ix)

Parameters:

ix

remove

public boolean remove(Object attrval)

Removes a specified value from this attribute.

By default, Object.equals() is used when comparing attrVal with this attribute's values except when attrVal is an array. For an array, each element of the array is checked using Object.equals(). A subclass may use schema information to determine equality.

Parameters:

attrval

set

public Object set(int ix,
                  Object attrVal)

Parameters:

ix

attrVal

size

public int size()

toString

public String toString()

Generates the string representation of this attribute. The string consists of the attribute's id and its values. This string is meant for debugging and not meant to be interpreted programmatically.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

The non-null string representation of this attribute.