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package org.opends.sdk.responses;



import org.opends.sdk.ResultCode;
import org.opends.sdk.controls.Control;



/**
 * An Compare result indicates the final status of an Compare operation.
 * <p>
 * If the attribute value assertion in the Compare request matched a
 * value of the attribute or sub-type according to the attribute's
 * equality matching rule then the result code is set to
 * {@link ResultCode#COMPARE_TRUE} and can be determined by invoking the
 * {@link #matched} method.
 */
public interface CompareResult extends Result
{
  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  CompareResult addControl(Control control)
      throws UnsupportedOperationException, NullPointerException;



  CompareResult addReferralURI(String uri)
      throws UnsupportedOperationException, NullPointerException;



  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  CompareResult clearControls() throws UnsupportedOperationException;



  CompareResult clearReferralURIs()
      throws UnsupportedOperationException;



  Throwable getCause();



  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  Control getControl(String oid) throws NullPointerException;



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



  String getDiagnosticMessage();



  String getMatchedDN();



  Iterable<String> getReferralURIs();



  ResultCode getResultCode();



  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  boolean hasControls();



  boolean hasReferralURIs();



  boolean isReferral();



  boolean isSuccess();



  /**
   * Indicates whether or not the attribute value assertion in the
   * Compare request matched a value of the attribute or sub-type
   * according to the attribute's equality matching rule.
   * <p>
   * Specifically, this method returns {@code true} if the result code
   * is equal to {@link ResultCode#COMPARE_TRUE}.
   * 
   * @return {@code true} if the attribute value assertion matched,
   *         otherwise {@code false}.
   */
  boolean matched();



  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  Control removeControl(String oid)
      throws UnsupportedOperationException, NullPointerException;



  CompareResult setCause(Throwable cause)
      throws UnsupportedOperationException;



  CompareResult setDiagnosticMessage(String message)
      throws UnsupportedOperationException;



  CompareResult setMatchedDN(String dn)
      throws UnsupportedOperationException;



  CompareResult setResultCode(ResultCode resultCode)
      throws UnsupportedOperationException, NullPointerException;

}