Net::LDAP::Control - LDAPv3 control object base class
use Net::LDAP::Control;
use Net::LDAP::Constant qw( LDAP_CONTROL_MANAGEDSAIT );
my $req_ctrl1 = Net::LDAP::Control->new( type => LDAP_CONTROL_MANAGEDSAIT );
my $req_ctrl2 = Net::LDAP::Control->new(
type => "1.2.3.4",
value => "help",
critical => 0
);
$mesg = $ldap->search( @args, control => [ $req_ctrl1, $req_ctrl2 ]);
my @res_ctrls = $mesg->control();
Net::LDAP::Control is the base-class for LDAPv3 control objects.
Controls provide a mechanism that allows one to extend the semantics and
arguments of LDAP operations.
Controls may be attached to LDAP operations, and only affect the semantics
of the operation they are attached to.
Controls sent by clients are termed request controls, and are set using
the control option of the respective LDAP operations.
Controls sent by servers are called response controls, they can be found
using the control() method of the response message objects.
Servers announce the controls they support in the attribute supportedControls
in their RootDSE.
- new ( ARGS )
-
ARGS is a list of name/value pairs, valid arguments are:
- critical
-
A Boolean value, if TRUE and the control is unrecognized by the server or
is inappropriate for the requested operation then the server will return
an error and the operation will not be performed.
If FALSE and the control is unrecognized by the server or
is inappropriate for the requested operation then the server will ignore
the control and perform the requested operation as if the control was
not given.
If absent, FALSE is assumed.
- type
-
A dotted-decimal representation of an OBJECT IDENTIFIER which
uniquely identifies the control. This prevents conflicts between
control names.
This may be omitted if the constructor is being called on a sub-class of
Net::LDAP::Control which has registered to be associated with an OID.
If the constructor is being called on the Net::LDAP::Control
package, then this argument must be given. If the given OID has been
registered by a package, then the returned object will be of the type
registered to handle that OID.
- value
-
Optional information associated with the control. Its format is specific
to the particular control.
- from_asn ( ASN )
-
ASN is a HASH reference, normally extracted from a PDU. It will contain
a
type element and optionally critical and value elements. On
return ASN will be blessed into a package. If type is a registered
OID, then ASN will be blessed into the registered package, if not then ASN
will be blessed into Net::LDAP::Control.
This constructor is used internally by Net::LDAP and assumes that HASH
passed contains a valid control. It should be used with caution.
In addition to the methods listed below, each of the named parameters
to new is also available as a method. type will return the OID of
the control object. value and critical are set/get methods and will
return the current value for each attribute if called without arguments,
but may also be called with arguments to set new values.
- error ()
-
If there has been an error returns a description of the error, otherwise it will
return
undef
- init ()
-
init will be called as the last step in both constructors. What it does will depend
on the sub-class. It must always return the object.
- register ( OID )
-
register is provided for sub-class implementors. It should be called as a class method
on a sub-class of Net::LDAP::Control with the OID that the class will handle. Net::LDAP::Control
will remember this class and OID pair and use it in the following
situations.
-
new is called as a class method on the Net::LDAP::Control package and OID is passed
as the type. The returned object will be blessed into the package that registered
the OID.
-
new is called as a class method on a registered package and the type is not
specified. The type will be set to the OID registered by that package.
-
from_asn is called to construct an object from ASN. The returned object will be
blessed into the package which was registered to handle the OID in the ASN.
- ( to_asn )
-
Returns a structure suitable for passing to Convert::ASN1 for
encoding. This method will be called by the Net::LDAP manpage when the
control is used.
The base class implementation of this method will call the value method
without arguments to allow a sub-class to encode it's value. Sub-classes
should not need to override this method.
- valid ()
-
Returns true if the object is valid and can be encoded. The default implementation
for this method is to return TRUE if there is no error, but sub-classes may override that.
the Net::LDAP manpage,
the Net::LDAP::RootDSE manpage,
the Net::LDAP::Control::Assertion manpage,
the Net::LDAP::Control::DontUseCopy manpage,
the Net::LDAP::Control::EntryChange manpage,
the Net::LDAP::Control::ManageDsaIT manpage,
the Net::LDAP::Control::MatchedValues manpage,
the Net::LDAP::Control::Paged manpage,
the Net::LDAP::Control::PasswordPolicy manpage,
the Net::LDAP::Control::PersistentSearch manpage,
the Net::LDAP::Control::PostRead manpage,
the Net::LDAP::Control::PreRead manpage,
the Net::LDAP::Control::ProxyAuth manpage,
the Net::LDAP::Control::Relax manpage,
the Net::LDAP::Control::Sort manpage,
the Net::LDAP::Control::SortResult manpage,
the Net::LDAP::Control::SyncDone manpage,
the Net::LDAP::Control::SyncRequest manpage,
the Net::LDAP::Control::SyncState manpage,
the Net::LDAP::Control::TreeDelete manpage,
the Net::LDAP::Control::VLV manpage,
the Net::LDAP::Control::VLVResponse manpage
Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>
Please report any bugs, or post any suggestions, to the perl-ldap mailing list
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Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Graham Barr. All rights reserved. This program is
free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
terms as Perl itself.
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