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package io.milton.ldap;
import io.milton.resource.LdapContact;
import java.util.List;
/**
* An LDAP principal (ie a user) is simply a contact which can contain other contacts, since
* we often allow users to maintain their own private address books as well as
* accessing the global contact list
*
* Note that we imply certain meaning to properties defined elsewhere. The name
* of the Resource is assumed to be the username of the principal, so is mapped
* onto the "uid" ldap attribute.
*
* @author brad
*/
public interface LdapPrincipal extends LdapContact {
/**
* Search for contacts in this user's private contact list. Generally these contacts
* will not be User accounts
*
* @param contactReturningAttributes
* @param condition
* @param maxCount
* @return
*/
List<LdapContact> searchContacts(Condition condition, int maxCount);
}