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package org.opends.sdk.requests;



import java.util.List;

import org.opends.sdk.*;
import org.opends.sdk.controls.Control;
import org.opends.sdk.controls.ControlDecoder;



/**
 * A generic Bind request which should be used for unsupported authentication
 * methods. Servers that do not support a choice supplied by a client return a
 * Bind response with the result code set to
 * {@link ResultCode#AUTH_METHOD_NOT_SUPPORTED}.
 */
public interface GenericBindRequest extends BindRequest
{
  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  GenericBindRequest addControl(Control control)
      throws UnsupportedOperationException, NullPointerException;



  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  BindClient createBindClient(String serverName) throws ErrorResultException;



  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  byte getAuthenticationType();



  /**
   * Returns the authentication information for this bind request. The content
   * is defined by the authentication mechanism.
   *
   * @return The authentication information.
   */
  ByteString getAuthenticationValue();



  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  <C extends Control> C getControl(ControlDecoder<C> decoder,
      DecodeOptions options) throws NullPointerException, DecodeException;



  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  List<Control> getControls();



  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  String getName();



  /**
   * Sets the authentication mechanism identifier for this generic bind request.
   * Note that value {@code 0} is reserved for simple authentication, {@code 1}
   * and {@code 2} are reserved but unused, and {@code 3} is reserved for SASL
   * authentication.
   *
   * @param type
   *          The authentication mechanism identifier for this generic bind
   *          request.
   * @return This generic bind request.
   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException
   *           If this generic bind request does not permit the authentication
   *           type to be set.
   */
  GenericBindRequest setAuthenticationType(byte type)
      throws UnsupportedOperationException;



  /**
   * Sets the authentication information for this generic bind request in a form
   * defined by the authentication mechanism.
   *
   * @param bytes
   *          The authentication information for this generic bind request in a
   *          form defined by the authentication mechanism.
   * @return This generic bind request.
   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException
   *           If this generic bind request does not permit the authentication
   *           bytes to be set.
   * @throws NullPointerException
   *           If {@code bytes} was {@code null}.
   */
  GenericBindRequest setAuthenticationValue(ByteString bytes)
      throws UnsupportedOperationException, NullPointerException;



  /**
   * Sets the name of the Directory object that the client wishes to bind as.
   * The name may be empty (but never {@code null} when used for of anonymous
   * binds, or when using SASL authentication. The server shall not dereference
   * any aliases in locating the named object.
   * <p>
   * The LDAP protocol defines the Bind name to be a distinguished name, however
   * some LDAP implementations have relaxed this constraint and allow other
   * identities to be used, such as the user's email address.
   *
   * @param name
   *          The name of the Directory object that the client wishes to bind
   *          as.
   * @return This bind request.
   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException
   *           If this bind request does not permit the distinguished name to be
   *           set.
   * @throws NullPointerException
   *           If {@code name} was {@code null}.
   */
  GenericBindRequest setName(String name) throws UnsupportedOperationException,
      NullPointerException;

}