LdapEntry Operations

A successful search for a DN will return a single instance of LdapEntry in the LdapSearch. For instance, searching for

'cn=Aimee Rivest,ou=Payroll,dc=example,dc=com'

will return the LDAP entry for Aimee Rivest.

Some of the messages you can send to an LdapEntry are:

addValues: aCollection toAttribute: aString –

Add values in aCollection to the attribute named aString. (See EsLdapExamples class>> exampleDeleteThenRestoreAttribute)

deleteAttribute: aString –

Delete the attribute named aString from the entry. (See EsLdapExamples class>> exampleDeleteThenRestoreAttribute.)

getAllChildrenFilter: aString –

Answer all children entries with all attributes according to the filter defined in aString. (See EsLdapExamples class>> exampleGetRootEntryExampleChildrenAllFilter.)

getAllChildrenFilter: aString attributes: aCollection –

Answer all children entries with the attributes named in aCollection according to the filter defined in aString. (See EsLdapExamples class>> exampleGetRootEntryExampleChildrenAllFilterAndAttributes.)

getDirectChildrenFilter: aString –

Answer the direct children of the LdpEntry all of whose attributes match a filter defined in aString. (See EsLdapExamples class>> exampleGetRootEntryExampleChildrenDirectFilter.)

getDirectChildrenFilter: aString attributes: aCollection –

Answer the direct children of the LdapEentry whose attributes named in aCollection match the filter defined in aString. (See EsLdapExamples class>> exampleGetRootEntryExampleChildrenDirectFilterAndAttributes.)

getParentWithAttributes: aCollection –

Answer the parent entry with the attributes given by aCollection matching a filter defined in aString. (See EsLdapExamples class>> exampleGetParentWithAttributes.)

delete –

Delete the LdapEntry from the directory. (See EsLdapExamples class>> exampleEdisonRemoveFromPeons.)

moveToNewParentDistinguishedName: newParentDNString –

Move the entry to a new parent named newParentDNString. (See EsLdapExamples class>> exampleEdisonMoveToPeons.)

Finally, the LdapEntry class method createNewDistinguishedName:attributes:session: creates a new LDAP entry with distinguishedName aDNString and the attributes in aDictionary in the context of aLdapSession. (See EsLdapExamples class exampleEdisonAdd.)

Note

Adding, changing, or modifying LDAP entries may require a higher level of security on your LDAP server than just simple searching.