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package org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.responses;

import java.util.List;

import org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.DecodeException;
import org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.DecodeOptions;
import org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.ResultCode;
import org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.controls.Control;
import org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.controls.ControlDecoder;

/**
 * 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.
 * <p>
 * The following excerpt shows how to use the Compare operation to check whether
 * a member belongs to a (possibly large) static group.
 *
 * <pre>
 * Connection connection = ...;
 * String groupDN = ...;
 * String memberDN = ...;
 *
 * CompareRequest request =
 *         Requests.newCompareRequest(groupDN, "member", memberDN);
 * CompareResult result = connection.compare(request);
 * if (result.matched()) {
 *     // The member belongs to the group.
 * }
 * </pre>
 */
public interface CompareResult extends Result {

    @Override
    CompareResult addControl(Control control);

    @Override
    CompareResult addReferralURI(String uri);

    @Override
    Throwable getCause();

    @Override
    <C extends Control> C getControl(ControlDecoder<C> decoder, DecodeOptions options)
            throws DecodeException;

    @Override
    List<Control> getControls();

    @Override
    String getDiagnosticMessage();

    @Override
    String getMatchedDN();

    @Override
    List<String> getReferralURIs();

    @Override
    ResultCode getResultCode();

    @Override
    boolean isReferral();

    @Override
    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();

    @Override
    CompareResult setCause(Throwable cause);

    @Override
    CompareResult setDiagnosticMessage(String message);

    @Override
    CompareResult setMatchedDN(String dn);

    @Override
    CompareResult setResultCode(ResultCode resultCode);

}