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package org.opends.server.types;
import org.opends.server.protocols.ldap.LDAPConstants;
/**
* This enumeration defines the set of behaviors that a search
* operation can exhibit whenever an alias is encountered. This is
* based on the LDAP specification defined in RFC 2251.
*/
@org.opends.server.types.PublicAPI(
stability=org.opends.server.types.StabilityLevel.UNCOMMITTED,
mayInstantiate=false,
mayExtend=false,
mayInvoke=true)
public enum DereferencePolicy
{
/**
* The dereference policy that indicates that aliases should never
* be dereferenced when processing the search.
*/
NEVER_DEREF_ALIASES(LDAPConstants.DEREF_NEVER),
/**
* The dereference policy that indicates that any aliases found
* while looking for candidate entries should be dereferenced.
*/
DEREF_IN_SEARCHING(LDAPConstants.DEREF_IN_SEARCHING),
/**
* The dereference policy that indicates that if the entry specified
* as the base DN is an alias, it should be dereferenced.
*/
DEREF_FINDING_BASE_OBJECT(LDAPConstants.DEREF_FINDING_BASE),
/**
* The dereference policy that indicates that any dereferences
* encountered should be dereferenced.
*/
DEREF_ALWAYS(LDAPConstants.DEREF_ALWAYS);
// The integer value associated with this dereference policy.
private int intValue;
/**
* Creates a new dereference policy with the provided integer value.
*
* @param intValue The integer value for this dereference policy.
*/
private DereferencePolicy(int intValue)
{
this.intValue = intValue;
}
/**
* Retrieves the integer value associated with this search scope.
*
* @return The integer value associated with this search scope.
*/
public int intValue()
{
return intValue;
}
/**
* Retrieves a string representation of this alias dereferencing
* policy.
*
* @return A string representation of this alias dereferencing
* policy.
*/
public String toString()
{
switch (intValue)
{
case LDAPConstants.DEREF_NEVER:
return "neverDerefAliases";
case LDAPConstants.DEREF_IN_SEARCHING:
return "derefInSearching";
case LDAPConstants.DEREF_FINDING_BASE:
return "derefFidingBaseObj";
case LDAPConstants.DEREF_ALWAYS:
return "derefAlways";
default:
return "Unknown";
}
}
}