AbstractAttributeValueEscaper (Ldaptive 2.3.2 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.ldaptive.dn.AbstractAttributeValueEscaper

All Implemented Interfaces:

AttributeValueEscaper

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultAttributeValueEscaper, MinimalAttributeValueEscaper
```
public abstract class AbstractAttributeValueEscaper
extends Object
implements AttributeValueEscaper
```
Escapes an attribute value per RFC 4514 section 2.4. Implementations must decide how to handle unspecified characters.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AbstractAttributeValueEscaper()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`escape(String value)`	Escapes the supplied attribute value.
`protected void`	`escapeHex(StringBuilder sb, char... hex)`	Appends a backslash for every two hex characters.
`protected abstract void`	`processAscii(StringBuilder sb, char ch)`	Process ASCII character.
`protected abstract void`	`processNonAscii(StringBuilder sb, byte... bytes)`	Process non-ASCII character(s).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractAttributeValueEscaper
```
public AbstractAttributeValueEscaper()
```
- Method Detail
  - escape
```
public String escape(String value)
```
    Description copied from interface: AttributeValueEscaper
    
    Escapes the supplied attribute value.
    
    Specified by:
    
    escape in interface AttributeValueEscaper
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - to escape
    
    Returns:
    
    escaped value
  - processAscii
```
protected abstract void processAscii(StringBuilder sb,
                                     char ch)
```
    Process ASCII character.
    
    Parameters:
    
    sb - to append characters to
    
    ch - to process
  - processNonAscii
```
protected abstract void processNonAscii(StringBuilder sb,
                                        byte... bytes)
```
    Process non-ASCII character(s).
    
    Parameters:
    
    sb - to append characters to
    
    bytes - to process
  - escapeHex
```
protected void escapeHex(StringBuilder sb,
                         char... hex)
```
    Appends a backslash for every two hex characters.
    
    Parameters:
    
    sb - to append to
    
    hex - to read