org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.schema.normalizers
Interface NameComponentNormalizer

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConcreteNameComponentNormalizer

public interface NameComponentNormalizer

Normalizers of ldap name component attributes and their values.

Author:

Apache Directory Project

Method Summary

boolean	isDefined(String id) Checks to see if an attribute name/oid is defined.
Object	normalizeByName(String attributeName, 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 attributeName, 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 attributeOid, byte[] value) Normalizes an attribute's value given the OID of the attribute.
Object	normalizeByOid(String attributeOid, 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.

Method Detail

isDefined

boolean isDefined(String id)

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

Parameters:

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

Returns:

true if it is, false otherwise

normalizeName

String normalizeName(String attributeName)
                     throws LdapException

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

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

normalizeByName

Object normalizeByName(String attributeName,
                       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.

Parameters:

attributeName - 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

Object normalizeByName(String attributeName,
                       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.

Parameters:

attributeName - 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

Object normalizeByOid(String attributeOid,
                      String value)
                      throws LdapException

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

Parameters:

attributeOid - 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

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

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

Parameters:

attributeOid - 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