org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.schema.normalizers
Class ConcreteNameComponentNormalizer

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.schema.normalizers.ConcreteNameComponentNormalizer

All Implemented Interfaces:

NameComponentNormalizer

public class ConcreteNameComponentNormalizer
extends Object
implements NameComponentNormalizer

A Dn Name component Normalizer which uses the bootstrap registries to find the appropriate normalizer for the attribute of the name component with which to normalize the name component value.

Author:

Apache Directory Project

Constructor Summary

ConcreteNameComponentNormalizer(SchemaManager schemaManager)
Creates a Dn Name component Normalizer which uses the bootstrap registries to find the appropriate normalizer for the attribute of the name component with which to normalize the name component value.

Method Summary

boolean	isDefined(String id) Checks to see if an attribute name/oid is defined.
Object	normalizeByName(String name, byte[] value) Normalizes an attribute's value given the name of the attribute - short names like 'cn' as well as 'commonName' should work here.
Object	normalizeByName(String name, String value) Normalizes an attribute's value given the name of the attribute - short names like 'cn' as well as 'commonName' should work here.
Object	normalizeByOid(String oid, byte[] value) Normalizes an attribute's value given the OID of the attribute.
Object	normalizeByOid(String oid, String value) Normalizes an attribute's value given the OID of the attribute.
String	normalizeName(String attributeName) Normalizes the attribute name/alias to use the OID for it instead.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ConcreteNameComponentNormalizer

public ConcreteNameComponentNormalizer(SchemaManager schemaManager)

Creates a Dn Name component Normalizer which uses the bootstrap registries to find the appropriate normalizer for the attribute of the name component with which to normalize the name component value.

Parameters:

schemaManager - the schemaManager used to dynamically resolve Normalizers

Method Detail

normalizeByName

public Object normalizeByName(String name,
                              String value)
                       throws LdapException

Normalizes an attribute's value given the name of the attribute - short names like 'cn' as well as 'commonName' should work here.

Specified by:

normalizeByName in interface NameComponentNormalizer

Parameters:

name - the name of the attribute

value - the value of the attribute to normalize

Returns:

the normalized value

Throws:

LdapException - if there is a recognition problem or a syntax issue

normalizeByName

public Object normalizeByName(String name,
                              byte[] value)
                       throws LdapException

Normalizes an attribute's value given the name of the attribute - short names like 'cn' as well as 'commonName' should work here.

Specified by:

normalizeByName in interface NameComponentNormalizer

Parameters:

name - the name of the attribute

value - the value of the attribute to normalize

Returns:

the normalized value

Throws:

LdapException - if there is a recognition problem or a syntax issue

normalizeByOid

public Object normalizeByOid(String oid,
                             String value)
                      throws LdapException

Normalizes an attribute's value given the OID of the attribute.

Specified by:

normalizeByOid in interface NameComponentNormalizer

Parameters:

oid - the OID of the attribute

value - the value of the attribute to normalize

Returns:

the normalized value

Throws:

LdapException - if there is a recognition problem or a syntax issue

normalizeByOid

public Object normalizeByOid(String oid,
                             byte[] value)
                      throws LdapException

Normalizes an attribute's value given the OID of the attribute.

Specified by:

normalizeByOid in interface NameComponentNormalizer

Parameters:

oid - the OID of the attribute

value - the value of the attribute to normalize

Returns:

the normalized value

Throws:

LdapException - if there is a recognition problem or a syntax issue

isDefined

public boolean isDefined(String id)

Description copied from interface: NameComponentNormalizer

Checks to see if an attribute name/oid is defined.

Specified by:

isDefined in interface NameComponentNormalizer

Parameters:

id - the name/oid of the attribute to see if it is defined

Returns:

true if it is, false otherwise

See Also:

NameComponentNormalizer.isDefined(String)

normalizeName

public String normalizeName(String attributeName)
                     throws LdapException

Description copied from interface: NameComponentNormalizer

Normalizes the attribute name/alias to use the OID for it instead.

Specified by:

normalizeName in interface NameComponentNormalizer

Parameters:

attributeName - the name or OID of the attributeType

Returns:

the OID of the attributeType if it is recognized

Throws:

LdapException - if the attributeName is not recognized as a valid alias