Package org.ldaptive.filter

Interface Filter

All Known Subinterfaces:

FilterSet

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAttributeValueAssertionFilter, AndFilter, ApproximateFilter, EqualityFilter, ExtensibleFilter, GreaterOrEqualFilter, LessOrEqualFilter, NotFilter, OrFilter, PresenceFilter, SubstringFilter

public interface Filter

LDAP search filter defined as:

   Filter ::= CHOICE {
     and             [0] SET SIZE (1..MAX) OF filter Filter,
     or              [1] SET SIZE (1..MAX) OF filter Filter,
     not             [2] Filter,
     equalityMatch   [3] AttributeValueAssertion,
     substrings      [4] SubstringFilter,
     greaterOrEqual  [5] AttributeValueAssertion,
     lessOrEqual     [6] AttributeValueAssertion,
     present         [7] AttributeDescription,
     approxMatch     [8] AttributeValueAssertion,
     extensibleMatch [9] MatchingRuleAssertion,
     ...  }

   SubstringFilter ::= SEQUENCE {
     type           AttributeDescription,
     substrings     SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF substring CHOICE {
     initial [0] AssertionValue,  -- can occur at most once
     any     [1] AssertionValue,
     final   [2] AssertionValue } -- can occur at most once
   }

   MatchingRuleAssertion ::= SEQUENCE {
     matchingRule    [1] MatchingRuleId OPTIONAL,
     type            [2] AttributeDescription OPTIONAL,
     matchValue      [3] AssertionValue,
     dnAttributes    [4] BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE }
 

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static enum	Filter.Type	Filter type.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
DEREncoder	getEncoder()	Returns the encoder for this filter.

Method Details

getEncoder

DEREncoder getEncoder()

Returns the encoder for this filter.

Returns:

DER encoder