org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.name
Class Ava

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.name.Ava

All Implemented Interfaces:

Externalizable, Serializable, Cloneable, Comparable<Ava>

public class Ava
extends Object
implements Externalizable, Cloneable, Comparable<Ava>

A Attribute Type And Value, which is the basis of all Rdn. It contains a type, and a value. The type must not be case sensitive. Superfluous leading and trailing spaces MUST have been trimmed before. The value MUST be in UTF8 format, according to RFC 2253. If the type is in OID form, then the value must be a hexadecimal string prefixed by a '#' character. Otherwise, the string must respect the RC 2253 grammar. We will also keep a User Provided form of the AVA (Attribute Type And Value), called upName.

Author:

Apache Directory Project

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Ava()
Constructs an empty Ava

Ava(SchemaManager schemaManager)
Constructs an empty schema aware Ava.

Ava(SchemaManager schemaManager, String upType, byte[] upValue)
Construct a schema aware Ava containing a binary value.

Ava(SchemaManager schemaManager, String upType, String upValue)
Construct a schema aware Ava with a String value.

Ava(String upType, byte[] upValue)
Construct an Ava containing a binary value.

Ava(String upType, String upValue)
Construct an Ava with a String value.

Method Summary

void	apply(SchemaManager schemaManager) Apply a SchemaManager to the Ava.
Ava	clone() Implements the cloning.
int	compareTo(Ava that)
boolean	equals(Object obj)
AttributeType	getAttributeType()
String	getName() Get the user provided form of this attribute type and value
String	getNormName() Get the normalized Name of a Ava
String	getNormType() Get the normalized type of a Ava
Value<?>	getNormValue() Get the Value of a Ava
String	getType() Get the user provided type of a Ava
Value<?>	getValue() Get the User Provided Value of a Ava
int	hashCode() Gets the hashcode of this object.
boolean	isSchemaAware() Tells if the Ava is schema aware or not.
String	normalize() A Normalized String representation of a Ava : type is trimed and lowercased value is trimed and lowercased, and special characters are escaped if needed.
void	readExternal(ObjectInput in) We read back the data to create a new ATAV.
String	toString() A String representation of an Ava, as provided by the user.
void	writeExternal(ObjectOutput out) An Ava is composed of a type and a value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Ava

public Ava()

Constructs an empty Ava

Ava

public Ava(SchemaManager schemaManager)

Constructs an empty schema aware Ava.

Parameters:

schemaManager - The SchemaManager instance

Ava

public Ava(String upType,
           byte[] upValue)
    throws LdapInvalidDnException

Construct an Ava containing a binary value.

Note that the upValue should not be null or empty, or resolve to an empty string after having trimmed it.

Parameters:

upType - The User Provided type

upValue - The User Provided binary value

Throws:

LdapInvalidDnException - If the given type or value are invalid

Ava

public Ava(SchemaManager schemaManager,
           String upType,
           byte[] upValue)
    throws LdapInvalidDnException

Construct a schema aware Ava containing a binary value. The AttributeType and value will be normalized accordingly to the given SchemaManager.

Note that the upValue should not be null or empty, or resolve to an empty string after having trimmed it.

Parameters:

schemaManager - The SchemaManager instance

upType - The User Provided type

upValue - The User Provided binary value

Throws:

LdapInvalidDnException - If the given type or value are invalid

Ava

public Ava(String upType,
           String upValue)
    throws LdapInvalidDnException

Construct an Ava with a String value.

Note that the upValue should not be null or empty, or resolve to an empty string after having trimmed it.

Parameters:

upType - The User Provided type

upValue - The User Provided String value

Throws:

LdapInvalidDnException - If the given type or value are invalid

Ava

public Ava(SchemaManager schemaManager,
           String upType,
           String upValue)
    throws LdapInvalidDnException

Construct a schema aware Ava with a String value.

Note that the upValue should not be null or empty, or resolve to an empty string after having trimmed it.

Parameters:

schemaManager - The SchemaManager instance

upType - The User Provided type

upValue - The User Provided String value

Throws:

LdapInvalidDnException - If the given type or value are invalid

Method Detail

apply

public void apply(SchemaManager schemaManager)
           throws LdapInvalidDnException

Apply a SchemaManager to the Ava. It will normalize the Ava.
If the Ava already had a SchemaManager, then the new SchemaManager will be used instead.

Parameters:

schemaManager - The SchemaManager instance to use

Throws:

LdapInvalidDnException - If the Ava can't be normalized accordingly to the given SchemaManager

getNormType

public String getNormType()

Get the normalized type of a Ava

Returns:

The normalized type

getType

public String getType()

Get the user provided type of a Ava

Returns:

The user provided type

getNormValue

public Value<?> getNormValue()

Get the Value of a Ava

Returns:

The value

getValue

public Value<?> getValue()

Get the User Provided Value of a Ava

Returns:

The value

getNormName

public String getNormName()

Get the normalized Name of a Ava

Returns:

The name

getName

public String getName()

Get the user provided form of this attribute type and value

Returns:

The user provided form of this ava

clone

public Ava clone()

Implements the cloning.

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Returns:

a clone of this object

normalize

public String normalize()

A Normalized String representation of a Ava :

• type is trimed and lowercased
• value is trimed and lowercased, and special characters

are escaped if needed.

Returns:

A normalized string representing an Ava

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Gets the hashcode of this object.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

The instance hash code

See Also:

Object.hashCode()

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

See Also:

Object.equals(Object)

writeExternal

public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput out)
                   throws IOException

An Ava is composed of a type and a value. The data are stored following the structure :

• upName The User provided ATAV
• start The position of this ATAV in the Dn
• length The ATAV length
• upType The user Provided Type
• normType The normalized AttributeType
• isHR Tells if the value is a String or not

if the value is a String :

• upValue The User Provided value
• value The normalized value

if the value is binary :

• upValueLength
• upValue The User Provided value
• valueLength
• value The normalized value

Specified by:

writeExternal in interface Externalizable

Throws:

IoException - If the Ava can't be written in the stream

IOException

See Also:

Externalizable.readExternal(ObjectInput)

readExternal

public void readExternal(ObjectInput in)
                  throws IOException,
                         ClassNotFoundException

We read back the data to create a new ATAV. The structure read is exposed in the writeExternal(ObjectOutput) method

Specified by:

readExternal in interface Externalizable

Throws:

IOException - If the Ava can't b written to the stream

ClassNotFoundException - If we can't deserialize an Ava from the stream

See Also:

Externalizable.readExternal(ObjectInput)

isSchemaAware

public boolean isSchemaAware()

Tells if the Ava is schema aware or not.

Returns:

true if the Ava is schema aware

getAttributeType

public AttributeType getAttributeType()

Returns:

the attributeType

compareTo

public int compareTo(Ava that)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<Ava>

See Also:

Comparable.compareTo(Object)

toString

public String toString()

A String representation of an Ava, as provided by the user.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

A string representing an Ava