Name
Control
Synopsis
A Control is used as a modifier to alter the way in which an LDAP
server satisfies requests, and to mark responses back from the LDAP
server. Controls can be created using the ControlFactory interface,
but more typically an LDAP provider will provide concrete subclasses
of Control that provide specific modifiers. Sun’s LDAP JNDI provider,
for example, includes the com.sun.jndi.ldap.ctl.SortControl, which
allows you to request that the LDAP server sort the results of
searches according to a set of criteria. There is not a standard set
of Controls that all LDAP servers must support, so you’ll need to
consult the documentation for your particular LDAP JNDI provider and
LDAP server to see what options you have.
There are two kinds of Controls that can be set on LdapContexts. Connection request controls affect how LDAP connections are made, and
are set when an LdapContext is first created. They can also be
changed by calling the LdapContext.reconnect() method, and retrieved
by calling LdapContext.getConnectControls(). Context request controls
affect the behavior of context-related methods, and are set using the
LdapRequestControls.setRequestControls() method.
public interface Control extends Serializable {
// Public Constants
public static final boolean CRITICAL; // =true
public static final boolean NONCRITICAL; // =false
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