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package org.opends.server.admin;
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import java.util.Collection;
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import org.opends.server.admin.client.ClientConstraintHandler;
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/**
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* An interface for enforcing constraints and dependencies between
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* managed objects and their properties. Constraints express
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* relationships between managed objects and their properties, for
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* example:
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* <ul>
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* <li>referential integrity: where one managed object references
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* another a constraint can enforce referential integrity. The
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* constraint can prevent creation of references to non-existent
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* managed objects, and also prevent deletion of referenced managed
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* objects
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* <li>property dependencies: for example, when a boolean property is
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* <code>true</code>, one or more additional properties must be
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* specified. This is useful for features like SSL, which when
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* enabled, requires that various SSL related configuration options
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* are specified
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* <li>property constraints: for example, when an upper limit
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* property must not have a value which is less than the lower limit
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* property.
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* </ul>
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* On the client-side constraints are enforced immediately before a
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* write operation is performed. That is to say, immediately before a
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* new managed object is created, changes to a managed object are
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* applied, or an existing managed object is deleted.
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*/
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public interface Constraint {
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/**
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* Gets the client-side constraint handlers which will be used to
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* enforce this constraint in client applications.
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*
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* @return Returns the client-side constraint handlers which will be
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* used to enforce this constraint in client applications.
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* The returned collection must not be <code>null</code>
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* but maybe empty (indicating that the constrain can only
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* be enforced on the server-side).
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*/
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Collection<ClientConstraintHandler> getClientConstraintHandlers();
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}
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