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/**
 * Contains the implementation for the Directory Server connection handler that
 * is responsible for interacting with clients using LDAPv3.  The LDAP
 * implementation in this package is actually comprised of three primary
 * components:
 * <BR>
 * <UL>
 *   <LI>
 *     The LDAP connection handler which is purely responsible for accepting new
 *     connections from clients.  Once a connection has been accepted, it is
 *     associated with a request handler for further processing.
 *   </LI>
 *   <LI>
 *     One or more LDAP request handlers, which are intended to read requests
 *     from the clients and convert them into operations that are placed in the
 *     work queue for further processing.  It is possible to have multiple LDAP
 *     request handlers for a single LDAP connection handler, which can provide
 *     better performance and scalability on systems allowing a high degree of
 *     parallel processing because it can help avoid the scenario in which the
 *     performance is constrained to the rate at which a single thread can read
 *     and process requests from clients.
 *   </LI>
 *   <LI>
 *     The data structures that comprise the LDAPMessage envelope, the various
 *     types of protocol op elements, and other classes needed to represent LDAP
 *     protocol data units (PDUs).
 *   </LI>
 * </UL>
 */
@org.opends.server.types.PublicAPI(
     stability=org.opends.server.types.StabilityLevel.PRIVATE)
package org.opends.server.protocols.ldap;