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package org.opends.server.api;
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import java.util.List;
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import org.opends.server.types.ByteString;
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import org.opends.server.types.ConditionResult;
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import org.opends.server.types.DirectoryException;
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/**
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* This class defines the set of methods and structures that must be
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* implemented by a Directory Server module that implements a matching
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* rule used for substring matching.
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*/
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public abstract class SubstringMatchingRule
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extends MatchingRule
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{
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/**
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* Normalizes the provided value fragment into a form that can be
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* used to efficiently compare values.
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*
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* @param substring The value fragment to be normalized.
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*
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* @return The normalized form of the value fragment.
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*
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* @throws DirectoryException If the provided value fragment is
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* not acceptable according to the
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* associated syntax.
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*/
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public abstract ByteString normalizeSubstring(ByteString substring)
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throws DirectoryException;
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/**
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* Determines whether the provided value matches the given substring
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* filter components. Note that any of the substring filter
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* components may be <CODE>null</CODE> but at least one of them must
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* be non-<CODE>null</CODE>.
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*
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* @param value The normalized value against which to
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* compare the substring components.
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* @param subInitial The normalized substring value fragment
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* that should appear at the beginning of
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* the target value.
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* @param subAnyElements The normalized substring value fragments
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* that should appear in the middle of the
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* target value.
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* @param subFinal The normalized substring value fragment
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* that should appear at the end of the
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* target value.
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*
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* @return <CODE>true</CODE> if the provided value does match the
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* given substring components, or <CODE>false</CODE> if
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* not.
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*/
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public abstract boolean valueMatchesSubstring(
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ByteString value,
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ByteString subInitial,
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List<ByteString> subAnyElements,
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ByteString subFinal);
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/**
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* Indicates whether the provided attribute value should be
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* considered a match for the given assertion value. This will only
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* be used for the purpose of extensible matching.
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* <BR><BR>
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* Note that substring matching rules by default do not support
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* extensible matching, and therefore this method will always return
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* <CODE>UNDEFINED</CODE>. If a substring matching rule does
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* support extensible matching operations, then it should override
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* this method and provide an appropriate implementation.
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*
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* @param attributeValue The attribute value in a form that has
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* been normalized according to this
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* matching rule.
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* @param assertionValue The assertion value in a form that has
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* been normalized according to this
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* matching rule.
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*
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* @return <CODE>true</CODE> if the attribute value should be
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* considered a match for the provided assertion value, or
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* <CODE>false</CODE> if not.
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*/
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public ConditionResult valuesMatch(ByteString attributeValue,
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ByteString assertionValue)
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{
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return ConditionResult.UNDEFINED;
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}
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}
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