From e7e13627d69f3753f74ecb73832500fa84f9eb70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: neil_a_wilson <neil_a_wilson@localhost>
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 03:45:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update the LDIF reader to treat the tab as a line continuation character just like a space. This is technically not allowed as per RFC 2849, but this will help improve compatibility with both OpenLDAP and the Sun Java System Directory Server.
---
opends/src/server/org/opends/server/util/LDIFReader.java | 7 +++++--
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/opends/src/server/org/opends/server/util/LDIFReader.java b/opends/src/server/org/opends/server/util/LDIFReader.java
index c190dab..679bcaf 100644
--- a/opends/src/server/org/opends/server/util/LDIFReader.java
+++ b/opends/src/server/org/opends/server/util/LDIFReader.java
@@ -481,10 +481,13 @@
// This is a comment. Ignore it.
continue;
}
- else if (line.charAt(0) == ' ')
+ else if ((line.charAt(0) == ' ') || (line.charAt(0) == '\t'))
{
// This is a continuation of the previous line. If there is no
- // previous line, then that's a problem.
+ // previous line, then that's a problem. Note that while RFC 2849
+ // technically only allows a space in this position, both OpenLDAP and
+ // the Sun Java System Directory Server allow a tab as well, so we will
+ // too for compatibility reasons. See issue #852 for details.
if (lastLine >= 0)
{
lines.get(lastLine).append(line.substring(1));
--
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