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package javax.naming.ldap;
import javax.naming.NamingException;
/**
* This interface represents an LDAPv3 extended operation request as defined in
* <A HREF="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2251.txt">RFC 2251</A>.
* <pre>
* ExtendedRequest ::= [APPLICATION 23] SEQUENCE {
* requestName [0] LDAPOID,
* requestValue [1] OCTET STRING OPTIONAL }
* </pre>
* It comprises an object identifier string and an optional ASN.1 BER
* encoded value.
*<p>
* The methods in this class are used by the service provider to construct
* the bits to send to the LDAP server. Applications typically only deal with
* the classes that implement this interface, supplying them with
* any information required for a particular extended operation request.
* It would then pass such a class as an argument to the
* <tt>LdapContext.extendedOperation()</tt> method for performing the
* LDAPv3 extended operation.
*<p>
* For example, suppose the LDAP server supported a 'get time' extended operation.
* It would supply GetTimeRequest and GetTimeResponse classes:
*<blockquote><pre>
* public class GetTimeRequest implements ExtendedRequest {
* public GetTimeRequest() {... };
* public ExtendedResponse createExtendedResponse(String id,
* byte[] berValue, int offset, int length)
* throws NamingException {
* return new GetTimeResponse(id, berValue, offset, length);
* }
* ...
* }
* public class GetTimeResponse implements ExtendedResponse {
* long time;
* public GetTimeResponse(String id, byte[] berValue, int offset,
* int length) throws NamingException {
* time = ... // decode berValue to get time
* }
* public java.util.Date getDate() { return new java.util.Date(time) };
* public long getTime() { return time };
* ...
* }
*</pre></blockquote>
* A program would use then these classes as follows:
*<blockquote><pre>
* GetTimeResponse resp =
* (GetTimeResponse) ectx.extendedOperation(new GetTimeRequest());
* long time = resp.getTime();
*</pre></blockquote>
*
* @author Rosanna Lee
* @author Scott Seligman
* @author Vincent Ryan
*
* @see ExtendedResponse
* @see LdapContext#extendedOperation
* @since 1.3
*/
public interface ExtendedRequest extends java.io.Serializable {
/**
* Retrieves the object identifier of the request.
*
* @return The non-null object identifier string representing the LDAP
* <tt>ExtendedRequest.requestName</tt> component.
*/
public String getID();
/**
* Retrieves the ASN.1 BER encoded value of the LDAP extended operation
* request. Null is returned if the value is absent.
*
* The result is the raw BER bytes including the tag and length of
* the request value. It does not include the request OID.
* This method is called by the service provider to get the bits to
* put into the extended operation to be sent to the LDAP server.
*
* @return A possibly null byte array representing the ASN.1 BER encoded
* contents of the LDAP <tt>ExtendedRequest.requestValue</tt>
* component.
* @exception IllegalStateException If the encoded value cannot be retrieved
* because the request contains insufficient or invalid data/state.
*/
public byte[] getEncodedValue();
/**
* Creates the response object that corresponds to this request.
*<p>
* After the service provider has sent the extended operation request
* to the LDAP server, it will receive a response from the server.
* If the operation failed, the provider will throw a NamingException.
* If the operation succeeded, the provider will invoke this method
* using the data that it got back in the response.
* It is the job of this method to return a class that implements
* the ExtendedResponse interface that is appropriate for the
* extended operation request.
*<p>
* For example, a Start TLS extended request class would need to know
* how to process a Start TLS extended response. It does this by creating
* a class that implements ExtendedResponse.
*
* @param id The possibly null object identifier of the response
* control.
* @param berValue The possibly null ASN.1 BER encoded value of the
* response control.
* This is the raw BER bytes including the tag and length of
* the response value. It does not include the response OID.
* @param offset The starting position in berValue of the bytes to use.
* @param length The number of bytes in berValue to use.
*
* @return A non-null object.
* @exception NamingException if cannot create extended response
* due to an error.
* @see ExtendedResponse
*/
public ExtendedResponse createExtendedResponse(String id,
byte[] berValue, int offset, int length) throws NamingException;
// static final long serialVersionUID = -7560110759229059814L;
}