com.entrust.toolkit.util.net

Class LDAPAttributeType

java.lang.Object

com.entrust.toolkit.util.net.LDAPAttributeType

Direct Known Subclasses:

CertType, CRLType

public abstract class LDAPAttributeType
extends java.lang.Object

Abstract base class for LDAP Attribute type representation.

Each type is identified an LDAP directory attribute name. The LDAP directory attribute name identifies the attribute that should be used when searching for this type of object in an LDAP directory. Subclasses of this class should be implemented to encapsulate the type of LDAP attributes which are required.

Since:

7.2

See Also:

RFC 2587, LDAPv2 Schema

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LDAPAttributeType(java.lang.String directoryAttributeName, java.lang.String name) The constructor; creates a new Attribute type.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getDirectoryAttributeName() Returns the name of the directory that should be used when searching for the specified data.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns the name of the data.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LDAPAttributeType

public LDAPAttributeType(java.lang.String directoryAttributeName,
                 java.lang.String name)

The constructor; creates a new Attribute type.

Parameters:

directoryAttributeName - the name of the directory attribute to search for this type of CRL

name - the name of this type of attribute

Method Detail

getDirectoryAttributeName

public java.lang.String getDirectoryAttributeName()

Returns the name of the directory that should be used when searching for the specified data.

Returns:

the name of the directory attribute to search for the data type

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns the name of the data.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the name of this type