public abstract class

GenericURLDirContext

extends GenericURLContext
implements DirContext
java.lang.Object
   ↳ com.sun.jndi.toolkit.url.GenericURLContext
     ↳ com.sun.jndi.toolkit.url.GenericURLDirContext
Known Direct Subclasses

Class Overview

This abstract class is a generic URL DirContext that accepts as the name argument either a string URL or a Name whose first component is a URL. It resolves the URL to a target context and then continues the operation using the remaining name in the target context as if the first component names a junction. A subclass must define getRootURLContext() to process the URL into head/tail pieces. If it wants to control how URL strings are parsed and compared for the rename() operation, then it should override getNonRootURLSuffixes() and urlEquals().

Summary

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Inherited Constants
From interface javax.naming.Context
From interface javax.naming.directory.DirContext
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Inherited Fields
From class com.sun.jndi.toolkit.url.GenericURLContext
Protected Constructors
GenericURLDirContext(Hashtable env)
Public Methods
void bind(String name, Object obj, Attributes attrs)
Binds a name to an object, along with associated attributes.
void bind(Name name, Object obj, Attributes attrs)
Binds a name to an object, along with associated attributes.
DirContext createSubcontext(String name, Attributes attrs)
Creates and binds a new context, along with associated attributes.
DirContext createSubcontext(Name name, Attributes attrs)
Creates and binds a new context, along with associated attributes.
Attributes getAttributes(String name, String[] attrIds)
Retrieves selected attributes associated with a named object.
Attributes getAttributes(Name name, String[] attrIds)
Retrieves selected attributes associated with a named object.
Attributes getAttributes(String name)
Retrieves all of the attributes associated with a named object.
Attributes getAttributes(Name name)
Retrieves all of the attributes associated with a named object.
DirContext getSchema(String name)
Retrieves the schema associated with the named object.
DirContext getSchema(Name name)
Retrieves the schema associated with the named object.
DirContext getSchemaClassDefinition(Name name)
Retrieves a context containing the schema objects of the named object's class definitions.
DirContext getSchemaClassDefinition(String name)
Retrieves a context containing the schema objects of the named object's class definitions.
void modifyAttributes(Name name, ModificationItem[] mods)
Modifies the attributes associated with a named object using an ordered list of modifications.
void modifyAttributes(Name name, int mod_op, Attributes attrs)
Modifies the attributes associated with a named object.
void modifyAttributes(String name, ModificationItem[] mods)
Modifies the attributes associated with a named object using an ordered list of modifications.
void modifyAttributes(String name, int mod_op, Attributes attrs)
Modifies the attributes associated with a named object.
void rebind(Name name, Object obj, Attributes attrs)
Binds a name to an object, along with associated attributes, overwriting any existing binding.
void rebind(String name, Object obj, Attributes attrs)
Binds a name to an object, along with associated attributes, overwriting any existing binding.
NamingEnumeration<SearchResult> search(Name name, String filter, SearchControls cons)
Searches in the named context or object for entries that satisfy the given search filter.
NamingEnumeration<SearchResult> search(Name name, String filterExpr, Object[] filterArgs, SearchControls cons)
Searches in the named context or object for entries that satisfy the given search filter.
NamingEnumeration<SearchResult> search(String name, String filterExpr, Object[] filterArgs, SearchControls cons)
Searches in the named context or object for entries that satisfy the given search filter.
NamingEnumeration<SearchResult> search(String name, Attributes matchingAttributes, String[] attributesToReturn)
Searches in a single context for objects that contain a specified set of attributes, and retrieves selected attributes.
NamingEnumeration<SearchResult> search(Name name, Attributes matchingAttributes)
Searches in a single context for objects that contain a specified set of attributes.
NamingEnumeration<SearchResult> search(Name name, Attributes matchingAttributes, String[] attributesToReturn)
Searches in a single context for objects that contain a specified set of attributes, and retrieves selected attributes.
NamingEnumeration<SearchResult> search(String name, Attributes matchingAttributes)
Searches in a single context for objects that contain a specified set of attributes.
NamingEnumeration<SearchResult> search(String name, String filter, SearchControls cons)
Searches in the named context or object for entries that satisfy the given search filter.
Protected Methods
DirContext getContinuationDirContext(Name n)
Gets the context in which to continue the operation.
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Inherited Methods
From class com.sun.jndi.toolkit.url.GenericURLContext
From class java.lang.Object
From interface javax.naming.Context
From interface javax.naming.directory.DirContext

Protected Constructors

protected GenericURLDirContext (Hashtable env)

Public Methods

public void bind (String name, Object obj, Attributes attrs)

Binds a name to an object, along with associated attributes. See bind(Name, Object, Attributes) for details.

Parameters
name the name to bind; may not be empty
obj the object to bind; possibly null
attrs the attributes to associate with the binding

public void bind (Name name, Object obj, Attributes attrs)

Binds a name to an object, along with associated attributes. If attrs is null, the resulting binding will have the attributes associated with obj if obj is a DirContext, and no attributes otherwise. If attrs is non-null, the resulting binding will have attrs as its attributes; any attributes associated with obj are ignored.

Parameters
name the name to bind; may not be empty
obj the object to bind; possibly null
attrs the attributes to associate with the binding

public DirContext createSubcontext (String name, Attributes attrs)

Creates and binds a new context, along with associated attributes. See createSubcontext(Name, Attributes) for details.

Parameters
name the name of the context to create; may not be empty
attrs the attributes to associate with the newly created context
Returns
  • the newly created context

public DirContext createSubcontext (Name name, Attributes attrs)

Creates and binds a new context, along with associated attributes. This method creates a new subcontext with the given name, binds it in the target context (that named by all but terminal atomic component of the name), and associates the supplied attributes with the newly created object. All intermediate and target contexts must already exist. If attrs is null, this method is equivalent to Context.createSubcontext().

Parameters
name the name of the context to create; may not be empty
attrs the attributes to associate with the newly created context
Returns
  • the newly created context

public Attributes getAttributes (String name, String[] attrIds)

Retrieves selected attributes associated with a named object. See getAttributes(Name, String[]) for details.

Parameters
name The name of the object from which to retrieve attributes
attrIds the identifiers of the attributes to retrieve. null indicates that all attributes should be retrieved; an empty array indicates that none should be retrieved.
Returns
  • the requested attributes; never null

public Attributes getAttributes (Name name, String[] attrIds)

Retrieves selected attributes associated with a named object. See the class description regarding attribute models, attribute type names, and operational attributes.

If the object does not have an attribute specified, the directory will ignore the nonexistent attribute and return those requested attributes that the object does have.

A directory might return more attributes than was requested (see Attribute Type Names in the class description), but is not allowed to return arbitrary, unrelated attributes.

See also Operational Attributes in the class description.

Parameters
name the name of the object from which to retrieve attributes
attrIds the identifiers of the attributes to retrieve. null indicates that all attributes should be retrieved; an empty array indicates that none should be retrieved.
Returns
  • the requested attributes; never null

public Attributes getAttributes (String name)

Retrieves all of the attributes associated with a named object. See getAttributes(Name) for details.

Parameters
name the name of the object from which to retrieve attributes
Returns
  • the set of attributes associated with name

public Attributes getAttributes (Name name)

Retrieves all of the attributes associated with a named object. See the class description regarding attribute models, attribute type names, and operational attributes.

Parameters
name the name of the object from which to retrieve attributes
Returns
  • the set of attributes associated with name. Returns an empty attribute set if name has no attributes; never null.

public DirContext getSchema (String name)

Retrieves the schema associated with the named object. See getSchema(Name) for details.

Parameters
name the name of the object whose schema is to be retrieved
Returns
  • the schema associated with the context; never null

public DirContext getSchema (Name name)

Retrieves the schema associated with the named object. The schema describes rules regarding the structure of the namespace and the attributes stored within it. The schema specifies what types of objects can be added to the directory and where they can be added; what mandatory and optional attributes an object can have. The range of support for schemas is directory-specific.

This method returns the root of the schema information tree that is applicable to the named object. Several named objects (or even an entire directory) might share the same schema.

Issues such as structure and contents of the schema tree, permission to modify to the contents of the schema tree, and the effect of such modifications on the directory are dependent on the underlying directory.

Parameters
name the name of the object whose schema is to be retrieved
Returns
  • the schema associated with the context; never null

public DirContext getSchemaClassDefinition (Name name)

Retrieves a context containing the schema objects of the named object's class definitions.

One category of information found in directory schemas is class definitions. An "object class" definition specifies the object's type and what attributes (mandatory and optional) the object must/can have. Note that the term "object class" being referred to here is in the directory sense rather than in the Java sense. For example, if the named object is a directory object of "Person" class, getSchemaClassDefinition() would return a DirContext representing the (directory's) object class definition of "Person".

The information that can be retrieved from an object class definition is directory-dependent.

Prior to JNDI 1.2, this method returned a single schema object representing the class definition of the named object. Since JNDI 1.2, this method returns a DirContext containing all of the named object's class definitions.

Parameters
name the name of the object whose object class definition is to be retrieved
Returns
  • the DirContext containing the named object's class definitions; never null

public DirContext getSchemaClassDefinition (String name)

Retrieves a context containing the schema objects of the named object's class definitions. See getSchemaClassDefinition(Name) for details.

Parameters
name the name of the object whose object class definition is to be retrieved
Returns
  • the DirContext containing the named object's class definitions; never null

public void modifyAttributes (Name name, ModificationItem[] mods)

Modifies the attributes associated with a named object using an ordered list of modifications. The modifications are performed in the order specified. Each modification specifies a modification operation code and an attribute on which to operate. Where possible, the modifications are performed atomically.

Parameters
name the name of the object whose attributes will be updated
mods an ordered sequence of modifications to be performed; may not be null

public void modifyAttributes (Name name, int mod_op, Attributes attrs)

Modifies the attributes associated with a named object. The order of the modifications is not specified. Where possible, the modifications are performed atomically.

Parameters
name the name of the object whose attributes will be updated
mod_op the modification operation, one of: ADD_ATTRIBUTE, REPLACE_ATTRIBUTE, REMOVE_ATTRIBUTE.
attrs the attributes to be used for the modification; may not be null

public void modifyAttributes (String name, ModificationItem[] mods)

Modifies the attributes associated with a named object using an ordered list of modifications. See modifyAttributes(Name, ModificationItem[]) for details.

Parameters
name the name of the object whose attributes will be updated
mods an ordered sequence of modifications to be performed; may not be null

public void modifyAttributes (String name, int mod_op, Attributes attrs)

Modifies the attributes associated with a named object. See modifyAttributes(Name, int, Attributes) for details.

Parameters
name the name of the object whose attributes will be updated
mod_op the modification operation, one of: ADD_ATTRIBUTE, REPLACE_ATTRIBUTE, REMOVE_ATTRIBUTE.
attrs the attributes to be used for the modification; may not be null

public void rebind (Name name, Object obj, Attributes attrs)

Binds a name to an object, along with associated attributes, overwriting any existing binding. If attrs is null and obj is a DirContext, the attributes from obj are used. If attrs is null and obj is not a DirContext, any existing attributes associated with the object already bound in the directory remain unchanged. If attrs is non-null, any existing attributes associated with the object already bound in the directory are removed and attrs is associated with the named object. If obj is a DirContext and attrs is non-null, the attributes of obj are ignored.

Parameters
name the name to bind; may not be empty
obj the object to bind; possibly null
attrs the attributes to associate with the binding

public void rebind (String name, Object obj, Attributes attrs)

Binds a name to an object, along with associated attributes, overwriting any existing binding. See rebind(Name, Object, Attributes) for details.

Parameters
name the name to bind; may not be empty
obj the object to bind; possibly null
attrs the attributes to associate with the binding

public NamingEnumeration<SearchResult> search (Name name, String filter, SearchControls cons)

Searches in the named context or object for entries that satisfy the given search filter. Performs the search as specified by the search controls.

The format and interpretation of filter follows RFC 2254 with the following interpretations for attr and value mentioned in the RFC.

attr is the attribute's identifier.

value is the string representation the attribute's value. The translation of this string representation into the attribute's value is directory-specific.

For the assertion "someCount=127", for example, attr is "someCount" and value is "127". The provider determines, based on the attribute ID ("someCount") (and possibly its schema), that the attribute's value is an integer. It then parses the string "127" appropriately.

Any non-ASCII characters in the filter string should be represented by the appropriate Java (Unicode) characters, and not encoded as UTF-8 octets. Alternately, the "backslash-hexcode" notation described in RFC 2254 may be used.

If the directory does not support a string representation of some or all of its attributes, the form of search that accepts filter arguments in the form of Objects can be used instead. The service provider for such a directory would then translate the filter arguments to its service-specific representation for filter evaluation. See search(Name, String, Object[], SearchControls).

RFC 2254 defines certain operators for the filter, including substring matches, equality, approximate match, greater than, less than. These operators are mapped to operators with corresponding semantics in the underlying directory. For example, for the equals operator, suppose the directory has a matching rule defining "equality" of the attributes in the filter. This rule would be used for checking equality of the attributes specified in the filter with the attributes of objects in the directory. Similarly, if the directory has a matching rule for ordering, this rule would be used for making "greater than" and "less than" comparisons.

Not all of the operators defined in RFC 2254 are applicable to all attributes. When an operator is not applicable, the exception InvalidSearchFilterException is thrown.

The result is returned in an enumeration of SearchResults. Each SearchResult contains the name of the object and other information about the object (see SearchResult). The name is either relative to the target context of the search (which is named by the name parameter), or it is a URL string. If the target context is included in the enumeration (as is possible when cons specifies a search scope of SearchControls.OBJECT_SCOPE or SearchControls.SUBSTREE_SCOPE), its name is the empty string. The SearchResult may also contain attributes of the matching object if the cons argument specified that attributes be returned.

If the object does not have a requested attribute, that nonexistent attribute will be ignored. Those requested attributes that the object does have will be returned.

A directory might return more attributes than were requested (see Attribute Type Names in the class description) but is not allowed to return arbitrary, unrelated attributes.

See also Operational Attributes in the class description.

Parameters
name the name of the context or object to search
filter the filter expression to use for the search; may not be null
cons the search controls that control the search. If null, the default search controls are used (equivalent to (new SearchControls())).
Returns
  • an enumeration of SearchResults of the objects that satisfy the filter; never null

public NamingEnumeration<SearchResult> search (Name name, String filterExpr, Object[] filterArgs, SearchControls cons)

Searches in the named context or object for entries that satisfy the given search filter. Performs the search as specified by the search controls.

The interpretation of filterExpr is based on RFC 2254. It may additionally contain variables of the form {i} -- where i is an integer -- that refer to objects in the filterArgs array. The interpretation of filterExpr is otherwise identical to that of the filter parameter of the method search(Name, String, SearchControls).

When a variable {i} appears in a search filter, it indicates that the filter argument filterArgs[i] is to be used in that place. Such variables may be used wherever an attr, value, or matchingrule production appears in the filter grammar of RFC 2254, section 4. When a string-valued filter argument is substituted for a variable, the filter is interpreted as if the string were given in place of the variable, with any characters having special significance within filters (such as '*') having been escaped according to the rules of RFC 2254.

For directories that do not use a string representation for some or all of their attributes, the filter argument corresponding to an attribute value may be of a type other than String. Directories that support unstructured binary-valued attributes, for example, should accept byte arrays as filter arguments. The interpretation (if any) of filter arguments of any other type is determined by the service provider for that directory, which maps the filter operations onto operations with corresponding semantics in the underlying directory.

This method returns an enumeration of the results. Each element in the enumeration contains the name of the object and other information about the object (see SearchResult). The name is either relative to the target context of the search (which is named by the name parameter), or it is a URL string. If the target context is included in the enumeration (as is possible when cons specifies a search scope of SearchControls.OBJECT_SCOPE or SearchControls.SUBSTREE_SCOPE), its name is the empty string.

The SearchResult may also contain attributes of the matching object if the cons argument specifies that attributes be returned.

If the object does not have a requested attribute, that nonexistent attribute will be ignored. Those requested attributes that the object does have will be returned.

A directory might return more attributes than were requested (see Attribute Type Names in the class description) but is not allowed to return arbitrary, unrelated attributes.

If a search filter with invalid variable substitutions is provided to this method, the result is undefined. When changes are made to this DirContext, the effect on enumerations returned by prior calls to this method is undefined.

See also Operational Attributes in the class description.

Parameters
name the name of the context or object to search
filterExpr the filter expression to use for the search. The expression may contain variables of the form "{i}" where i is a nonnegative integer. May not be null.
filterArgs the array of arguments to substitute for the variables in filterExpr. The value of filterArgs[i] will replace each occurrence of "{i}". If null, equivalent to an empty array.
cons the search controls that control the search. If null, the default search controls are used (equivalent to (new SearchControls())).
Returns
  • an enumeration of SearchResults of the objects that satisfy the filter; never null

public NamingEnumeration<SearchResult> search (String name, String filterExpr, Object[] filterArgs, SearchControls cons)

Searches in the named context or object for entries that satisfy the given search filter. Performs the search as specified by the search controls. See search(Name, String, Object[], SearchControls) for details.

Parameters
name the name of the context or object to search
filterExpr the filter expression to use for the search. The expression may contain variables of the form "{i}" where i is a nonnegative integer. May not be null.
filterArgs the array of arguments to substitute for the variables in filterExpr. The value of filterArgs[i] will replace each occurrence of "{i}". If null, equivalent to an empty array.
cons the search controls that control the search. If null, the default search controls are used (equivalent to (new SearchControls())).
Returns
  • an enumeration of SearchResults of the objects that satisfy the filter; never null

public NamingEnumeration<SearchResult> search (String name, Attributes matchingAttributes, String[] attributesToReturn)

Searches in a single context for objects that contain a specified set of attributes, and retrieves selected attributes. See search(Name, Attributes, String[]) for details.

Parameters
name the name of the context to search
matchingAttributes the attributes to search for
attributesToReturn the attributes to return
Returns
  • a non-null enumeration of SearchResult objects

public NamingEnumeration<SearchResult> search (Name name, Attributes matchingAttributes)

Searches in a single context for objects that contain a specified set of attributes. This method returns all the attributes of such objects. It is equivalent to supplying null as the atributesToReturn parameter to the method search(Name, Attributes, String[]).
See search(Name, Attributes, String[]) for a full description.

Parameters
name the name of the context to search
matchingAttributes the attributes to search for
Returns
  • an enumeration of SearchResult objects

public NamingEnumeration<SearchResult> search (Name name, Attributes matchingAttributes, String[] attributesToReturn)

Searches in a single context for objects that contain a specified set of attributes, and retrieves selected attributes. The search is performed using the default SearchControls settings.

For an object to be selected, each attribute in matchingAttributes must match some attribute of the object. If matchingAttributes is empty or null, all objects in the target context are returned.

An attribute A1 in matchingAttributes is considered to match an attribute A2 of an object if A1 and A2 have the same identifier, and each value of A1 is equal to some value of A2. This implies that the order of values is not significant, and that A2 may contain "extra" values not found in A1 without affecting the comparison. It also implies that if A1 has no values, then testing for a match is equivalent to testing for the presence of an attribute A2 with the same identifier.

The precise definition of "equality" used in comparing attribute values is defined by the underlying directory service. It might use the Object.equals method, for example, or might use a schema to specify a different equality operation. For matching based on operations other than equality (such as substring comparison) use the version of the search method that takes a filter argument.

When changes are made to this DirContext, the effect on enumerations returned by prior calls to this method is undefined.

If the object does not have the attribute specified, the directory will ignore the nonexistent attribute and return the requested attributes that the object does have.

A directory might return more attributes than was requested (see Attribute Type Names in the class description), but is not allowed to return arbitrary, unrelated attributes.

See also Operational Attributes in the class description.

Parameters
name the name of the context to search
matchingAttributes the attributes to search for. If empty or null, all objects in the target context are returned.
attributesToReturn the attributes to return. null indicates that all attributes are to be returned; an empty array indicates that none are to be returned.
Returns
  • a non-null enumeration of SearchResult objects. Each SearchResult contains the attributes identified by attributesToReturn and the name of the corresponding object, named relative to the context named by name.

public NamingEnumeration<SearchResult> search (String name, Attributes matchingAttributes)

Searches in a single context for objects that contain a specified set of attributes. See search(Name, Attributes) for details.

Parameters
name the name of the context to search
matchingAttributes the attributes to search for
Returns
  • an enumeration of SearchResult objects

public NamingEnumeration<SearchResult> search (String name, String filter, SearchControls cons)

Searches in the named context or object for entries that satisfy the given search filter. Performs the search as specified by the search controls. See search(Name, String, SearchControls) for details.

Parameters
name the name of the context or object to search
filter the filter expression to use for the search; may not be null
cons the search controls that control the search. If null, the default search controls are used (equivalent to (new SearchControls())).
Returns
  • an enumeration of SearchResults for the objects that satisfy the filter.

Protected Methods

protected DirContext getContinuationDirContext (Name n)

Gets the context in which to continue the operation. This method is called when this context is asked to process a multicomponent Name in which the first component is a URL. Treat the first component like a junction: resolve it and then use DirectoryManager.getContinuationDirContext() to get the target context in which to operate on the remainder of the name (n.getSuffix(1)). Do this in case intermediate contexts are not DirContext.