Net::LDAP::IntermediatUser Contributed Perl DocumentNet::LDAP::Intermediate(3)NAMENet::LDAP::Intermediate - LDAPv3 intermediate response object base
class
SYNOPSIS
use Net::LDAP::Intermediate;
DESCRIPTION
"Net::LDAP::Intermediate" is a base-class for LDAPv3 intermediate
response objects.
CONSTRUCTORS
new ( ARGS )
ARGS is a list of name/value pairs, valid arguments are:
responseName
A dotted-decimal representation of an OBJECT IDENTIFIER which
uniquely identifies the intermediate response. This prevents
conflicts between intermediate response names.
responseValue
Optional information associated with the intermediate response.
It's format is specific to the particular intermediate
response.
from_asn ( ASN )
ASN is a HASH reference, normally extracted from a PDU. It will
contain a "responseName" element and optionally "responseValue"
element. On return ASN will be blessed into a package. If
"responseName" is a registered OID, then ASN will be blessed into
the registered package, if not then ASN will be blessed into
Net::LDAP::Intermediate.
This constructor is used internally by Net::LDAP and assumes that
HASH passed contains a valid intermediate response. It should be
used with caution.
METHODS
In addition to the methods listed below, each of the named parameters
to "new" is also avaliable as a method. "responseName" will return the
OID of the intermediate response object. "responseValue" is set/get
methods and will return the current value for each attribute if called
without arguments, but may also be called with arguments to set new
values.
error ()
If there has been an error returns a description of the error,
otherwise it will return "undef"
init ()
"init" will be called as the last step in both contructors. What it
does will depend on the sub-class. It must always return the
object.
register ( OID )
"register" is provided for sub-class implementors. It should be
called as a class method on a sub-class of Net::LDAP::Intermediate
with the OID that the class will handle. Net::LDAP::Intermediate
will remember this class and OID pair and use it in the following
situations.
· "new" is called as a class method on the
Net::LDAP::Intermediate package and OID is passed as the
responseName. The returned object will be blessed into the
package that registered the OID.
· "new" is called as a class method on a registered package and
the "responseName" is not specified. The "responseName" will be
set to the OID registered by that package.
· "from_asn" is called to construct an object from ASN. The
returned object will be blessed into the package which was
registered to handle the OID in the ASN.
( to_asn )
Returns a structure suitable for passing to Convert::ASN1 for
encoding. This method will be called by Net::LDAP when the
intermediate response is used.
The base class implementation of this method will call the
"responseValue" method without arguments to allow a sub-class to
encode it's value. Sub-classes should not need to override this
method.
valid ()
Returns true if the object is valid and can be encoded. The default
implementation for this method is to return TRUE if there is no
error, but sub-classes may override that.
SEE ALSO
Net::LDAP Net::LDAP::Extension Net::LDAP::Search
Net::LDAP::Intermediate::SyncInfo
AUTHOR
Mathieu Parent <math.parent@gmail.com>
Please report any bugs, or post any suggestions, to the perl-ldap
mailing list <perl-ldap@perl.org>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2008 Mathieu Parent. All rights reserved. This program is
free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
terms as Perl itself.
perl v5.10.1 2010-03-11 Net::LDAP::Intermediate(3)