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package org.pentaho.platform.plugin.services.security.userrole.ldap.search;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Executes a search against a directory context using the given filter arguments plus other static search parameters
* (in the form of instance variables) known at deploy time.
*
* <p>
* Can also be seen as a generalization of <code>org.springframework.security.ldap.LdapUserSearch</code>.
* </p>
*
* @author mlowery
* @see javax.naming.directory.DirContext.search()
*/
public interface LdapSearch {
/**
* Executes a search against a directory context using the given filter arguments.
*
* @param filterArgs
* the filter arguments
* @return the result set as a list
*/
List search( Object[] filterArgs );
}