public class

ModificationItem

extends Object
implements Serializable
java.lang.Object
   ↳ javax.naming.directory.ModificationItem

Class Overview

This class represents a modification item. It consists of a modification code and an attribute on which to operate.

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

Summary

Public Constructors
ModificationItem(int mod_op, Attribute attr)
Creates a new instance of ModificationItem.
Public Methods
Attribute getAttribute()
Retrieves the attribute associated with this modification item.
int getModificationOp()
Retrieves the modification code of this modification item.
String toString()
Generates the string representation of this modification item, which consists of the modification operation and its related attribute.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object

Public Constructors

public ModificationItem (int mod_op, Attribute attr)

Creates a new instance of ModificationItem.

Parameters
mod_op Modification to apply. It must be one of: DirContext.ADD_ATTRIBUTE DirContext.REPLACE_ATTRIBUTE DirContext.REMOVE_ATTRIBUTE
attr The non-null attribute to use for modification.
Throws
IllegalArgumentException If attr is null, or if mod_op is not one of the ones specified above.

Public Methods

public Attribute getAttribute ()

Retrieves the attribute associated with this modification item.

Returns
  • The non-null attribute to use for the modification.

public int getModificationOp ()

Retrieves the modification code of this modification item.

Returns
  • The modification code. It is one of: DirContext.ADD_ATTRIBUTE DirContext.REPLACE_ATTRIBUTE DirContext.REMOVE_ATTRIBUTE

public String toString ()

Generates the string representation of this modification item, which consists of the modification operation and its related attribute. The string representation is meant for debugging and not to be interpreted programmatically.

Returns
  • The non-null string representation of this modification item.