org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.schema.registries
Interface AttributeTypeRegistry

All Superinterfaces:

Iterable<AttributeType>, SchemaObjectRegistry<AttributeType>

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultAttributeTypeRegistry, ImmutableAttributeTypeRegistry

public interface AttributeTypeRegistry
extends SchemaObjectRegistry<AttributeType>, Iterable<AttributeType>

An AttributeType registry service interface.

Author:

Apache Directory Project

Method Summary

void	addMappingFor(AttributeType attributeType) Add a new Oid/Normalizer couple in the OidNormalizer map
AttributeTypeRegistry	copy() Copy the AttributeTypeRegistry
Iterator<AttributeType>	descendants(AttributeType ancestor) Get's an iterator over the set of descendant attributeTypes for some ancestor's name alias or their OID.
Iterator<AttributeType>	descendants(String ancestorId) Get's an iterator over the set of descendant attributeTypes for some ancestor's name alias or their OID.
Map<String,OidNormalizer>	getNormalizerMapping() Gets an oid/name to normalizer mapping used to normalize distinguished names.
boolean	hasDescendants(AttributeType ancestor) Quick lookup to see if an attribute has descendants.
boolean	hasDescendants(String ancestorId) Quick lookup to see if an attribute has descendants.
void	registerDescendants(AttributeType attributeType, AttributeType ancestor) Store the AttributeType into a map associating an AttributeType to its descendants.
void	removeMappingFor(AttributeType attributeType) Remove a new Oid/Normalizer couple in the OidNormalizer map
void	unregisterDescendants(AttributeType attributeType, AttributeType ancestor) Remove the AttributeType from the map associating an AttributeType to its descendants.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.schema.registries.SchemaObjectRegistry

clear, contains, get, getOidByName, getSchemaName, getType, iterator, lookup, oidsIterator, register, renameSchema, size, unregister, unregister, unregisterSchemaElements

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Iterable

iterator

Method Detail

getNormalizerMapping

Map<String,OidNormalizer> getNormalizerMapping()

Gets an oid/name to normalizer mapping used to normalize distinguished names.

Returns:

a map of OID Strings to OidNormalizer instances

hasDescendants

boolean hasDescendants(String ancestorId)
                       throws LdapException

Quick lookup to see if an attribute has descendants.

Parameters:

ancestorId - the name alias or OID for an attributeType

Returns:

an Iterator over the AttributeTypes which have the ancestor within their superior chain to the top

Throws:

LdapException - if the ancestor attributeType cannot be discerned from the ancestorId supplied

hasDescendants

boolean hasDescendants(AttributeType ancestor)
                       throws LdapException

Quick lookup to see if an attribute has descendants.

Parameters:

ancestor - the attributeType we are looking for

Returns:

an Iterator over the AttributeTypes which have the ancestor within their superior chain to the top

Throws:

LdapException - if the ancestor attributeType cannot be discerned from the ancestorId supplied

descendants

Iterator<AttributeType> descendants(String ancestorId)
                                    throws LdapException

Get's an iterator over the set of descendant attributeTypes for some ancestor's name alias or their OID.

Parameters:

ancestorId - the name alias or OID for an attributeType

Returns:

an Iterator over the AttributeTypes which have the ancestor within their superior chain to the top

Throws:

LdapException - if the ancestor attributeType cannot be discerned from the ancestorId supplied

descendants

Iterator<AttributeType> descendants(AttributeType ancestor)
                                    throws LdapException

Get's an iterator over the set of descendant attributeTypes for some ancestor's name alias or their OID.

Parameters:

ancestor - the AttributeType we are looking for

Returns:

an Iterator over the AttributeTypes which have the ancestor within their superior chain to the top

Throws:

LdapException - if the ancestor attributeType cannot be discerned from the ancestorId supplied

registerDescendants

void registerDescendants(AttributeType attributeType,
                         AttributeType ancestor)
                         throws LdapException

Store the AttributeType into a map associating an AttributeType to its descendants.

Parameters:

attributeType - The attributeType to register

Throws:

LdapException - If something went wrong

unregisterDescendants

void unregisterDescendants(AttributeType attributeType,
                           AttributeType ancestor)
                           throws LdapException

Remove the AttributeType from the map associating an AttributeType to its descendants.

Parameters:

attributeType - The attributeType to unregister

ancestor - its ancestor

Throws:

LdapException - If something went wrong

addMappingFor

void addMappingFor(AttributeType attributeType)
                   throws LdapException

Add a new Oid/Normalizer couple in the OidNormalizer map

Throws:

LdapException

removeMappingFor

void removeMappingFor(AttributeType attributeType)
                      throws LdapException

Remove a new Oid/Normalizer couple in the OidNormalizer map

Throws:

LdapException

copy

AttributeTypeRegistry copy()

Copy the AttributeTypeRegistry

Specified by:

copy in interface SchemaObjectRegistry<AttributeType>

Returns:

SchemaObjectRegistry The copied registry