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* Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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package org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.requests;
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import java.util.List;
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import org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.ByteString;
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import org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.DecodeException;
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import org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.DecodeOptions;
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import org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.controls.Control;
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import org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.controls.ControlDecoder;
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import org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.responses.ExtendedResult;
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import org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.responses.ExtendedResultDecoder;
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/**
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* The Extended operation allows additional operations to be defined for
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* services not already available in the protocol; for example, to implement an
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* operation which installs transport layer security (see
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* {@link StartTLSExtendedRequest}).
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* <p>
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* To determine whether a directory server supports a given extension, read the
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* list of supported extensions from the root DSE to get a collection of
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* extension OIDs, and then check for a match. For example:
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*
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* <pre>
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* Connection connection = ...;
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* Collection<String> supported =
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* RootDSE.readRootDSE(connection).getSupportedExtendedOperations();
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*
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* ExtendedRequest extension = ...;
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* String OID = extension.getOID();
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* if (supported != null && !supported.isEmpty() && supported.contains(OID)) {
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* // The extension is supported. Use it here...
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* }
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* </pre>
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*
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* @param <S>
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* The type of result.
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*/
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public interface ExtendedRequest<S extends ExtendedResult> extends Request {
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@Override
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ExtendedRequest<S> addControl(Control control);
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@Override
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<C extends Control> C getControl(ControlDecoder<C> decoder, DecodeOptions options)
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throws DecodeException;
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@Override
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List<Control> getControls();
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/**
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* Returns the numeric OID associated with this extended request.
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*
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* @return The numeric OID associated with this extended request.
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*/
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String getOID();
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/**
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* Returns a decoder which can be used to decoded responses to this extended
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* request.
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*
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* @return A decoder which can be used to decoded responses to this extended
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* request.
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*/
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ExtendedResultDecoder<S> getResultDecoder();
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/**
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* Returns the value, if any, associated with this extended request. Its
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* format is defined by the specification of this extended request.
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*
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* @return The value associated with this extended request, or {@code null}
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* if there is no value.
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*/
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ByteString getValue();
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/**
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* Returns {@code true} if this extended request has a value. In some
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* circumstances it may be useful to determine if a extended request has a
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* value, without actually calculating the value and incurring any
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* performance costs.
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*
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* @return {@code true} if this extended request has a value, or
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* {@code false} if there is no value.
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*/
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boolean hasValue();
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}
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