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package org.opends.server.api;
import org.opends.messages.Message;
import java.util.List;
import org.opends.server.admin.std.server.AttributeSyntaxCfg;
import org.opends.server.config.ConfigException;
import org.opends.server.types.InitializationException;
import org.opends.server.types.ByteSequence;
import org.opends.messages.MessageBuilder;
/**
* This class defines the set of methods and structures that must be
* implemented by a Directory Server module that implements an
* attribute syntax.
*
* @param <T> The type of configuration handled by this attribute
* syntax.
*/
@org.opends.server.types.PublicAPI(
stability=org.opends.server.types.StabilityLevel.VOLATILE,
mayInstantiate=false,
mayExtend=true,
mayInvoke=false)
public abstract class AttributeSyntax<T extends AttributeSyntaxCfg>
{
/**
* Initializes this attribute syntax based on the information in the
* provided configuration entry.
*
* @param configuration The configuration to use to initialize
* this attribute syntax.
*
* @throws ConfigException If an unrecoverable problem arises in
* the process of performing the
* initialization.
*
* @throws InitializationException If a problem occurs during
* initialization that is not
* related to the server
* configuration.
*/
public abstract void initializeSyntax(T configuration)
throws ConfigException, InitializationException;
/**
* Indicates whether the provided configuration is acceptable for
* this attribute syntax. It should be possible to call this method
* on an uninitialized attribute syntax instance in order to
* determine whether the syntax would be able to use the provided
* configuration.
* <BR><BR>
* Note that implementations which use a subclass of the provided
* configuration class will likely need to cast the configuration
* to the appropriate subclass type.
*
* @param configuration The attribute syntax configuration
* for which to make the determination.
* @param unacceptableReasons A list that may be used to hold the
* reasons that the provided
* configuration is not acceptable.
*
* @return {@code true} if the provided configuration is acceptable
* for this attribute syntax, or {@code false} if not.
*/
public boolean isConfigurationAcceptable(
AttributeSyntaxCfg configuration,
List<Message> unacceptableReasons)
{
// This default implementation does not perform any special
// validation. It should be overridden by attribute syntax
// implementations that wish to perform more detailed validation.
return true;
}
/**
* Performs any finalization that may be necessary for this
* attribute syntax. By default, no finalization is performed.
*/
public void finalizeSyntax()
{
// No implementation required.
}
/**
* Retrieves the common name for this attribute syntax.
*
* @return The common name for this attribute syntax.
*/
public abstract String getSyntaxName();
/**
* Retrieves the OID for this attribute syntax.
*
* @return The OID for this attribute syntax.
*/
public abstract String getOID();
/**
* Retrieves a description for this attribute syntax.
*
* @return A description for this attribute syntax.
*/
public abstract String getDescription();
/**
* Retrieves the default equality matching rule that will be used
* for attributes with this syntax.
*
* @return The default equality matching rule that will be used for
* attributes with this syntax, or {@code null} if equality
* matches will not be allowed for this type by default.
*/
public abstract EqualityMatchingRule getEqualityMatchingRule();
/**
* Retrieves the default ordering matching rule that will be used
* for attributes with this syntax.
*
* @return The default ordering matching rule that will be used for
* attributes with this syntax, or {@code null} if ordering
* matches will not be allowed for this type by default.
*/
public abstract OrderingMatchingRule getOrderingMatchingRule();
/**
* Retrieves the default substring matching rule that will be used
* for attributes with this syntax.
*
* @return The default substring matching rule that will be used
* for attributes with this syntax, or {@code null} if
* substring matches will not be allowed for this type by
* default.
*/
public abstract SubstringMatchingRule getSubstringMatchingRule();
/**
* Retrieves the default approximate matching rule that will be used
* for attributes with this syntax.
*
* @return The default approximate matching rule that will be used
* for attributes with this syntax, or {@code null} if
* approximate matches will not be allowed for this type by
* default.
*/
public abstract ApproximateMatchingRule
getApproximateMatchingRule();
/**
* Indicates whether the provided value is acceptable for use in an
* attribute with this syntax. If it is not, then the reason may be
* appended to the provided buffer.
*
* @param value The value for which to make the
* determination.
* @param invalidReason The buffer to which the invalid reason
* should be appended.
*
* @return {@code true} if the provided value is acceptable for use
* with this syntax, or {@code false} if not.
*/
public abstract boolean valueIsAcceptable(ByteSequence value,
MessageBuilder invalidReason);
/**
* Indicates whether this attribute syntax requires BER encoding.
*
* @return {@code true} if this syntax required BER encoding.
*/
public abstract boolean isBinary();
/**
* Indicates whether this attribute syntax is human readable.
*
* @return {@code true} if this syntax is human readable.
*/
public abstract boolean isHumanReadable();
/**
* Retrieves the hash code for this attribute syntax. It will be
* calculated as the sum of the characters in the OID.
*
* @return The hash code for this attribute syntax.
*/
public final int hashCode()
{
int hashCode = 0;
String oidString = getOID();
int oidLength = oidString.length();
for (int i=0; i < oidLength; i++)
{
hashCode += oidString.charAt(i);
}
return hashCode;
}
/**
* Indicates whether the provided object is equal to this attribute
* syntax. The provided object will be considered equal to this
* attribute syntax only if it is an attribute syntax with the same
* OID.
*
* @param o The object for which to make the determination.
*
* @return {@code true} if the provided object is equal to this
* attribute syntax, or {@code false} if it is not.
*/
public final boolean equals(Object o)
{
if (o == null)
{
return false;
}
if (this == o)
{
return true;
}
if (! (o instanceof AttributeSyntax))
{
return false;
}
return getOID().equals(((AttributeSyntax<?>) o).getOID());
}
/**
* Retrieves a string representation of this attribute syntax in the
* format defined in RFC 2252.
*
* @return A string representation of this attribute syntax in the
* format defined in RFC 2252.
*/
public String toString()
{
StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
toString(buffer);
return buffer.toString();
}
/**
* Appends a string representation of this attribute syntax in the
* format defined in RFC 2252 to the provided buffer.
*
* @param buffer The buffer to which the information should be
* appended.
*/
public final void toString(StringBuilder buffer)
{
buffer.append("( ");
buffer.append(getOID());
String description = getDescription();
if ((description == null) || (description.length() == 0))
{
buffer.append(" )");
}
else
{
buffer.append(" DESC '");
buffer.append(description);
buffer.append("' )");
}
}
}