com.novell.admin.ns.ldap

Class ContentRule

java.lang.Object

com.novell.admin.ns.ldap.ContentRule

public class ContentRule
extends java.lang.Object

Represents a dITContentRule element in the LDAP schema. Content rules indicate what auxiliary classes are valid for a particular object class. Defined in: draft-ietf-ldapbis-models-11.txt. Content Rules are an LDAP standard. Thay are not specified by the eDirectory schema, but are by Kepler.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ContentRule(java.lang.String str) Constructor for a ContentRule object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String[]	getAux() Get the valid auxiliary classes specified by the ContentRule
java.lang.String	getDescription() Get the description of the ContentRule.
java.lang.String[]	getMay() Get the additional optional attributes specified by the ContentRule This is optional, so an empty ArrayList may be returned.
java.lang.String[]	getMust() Get the additional mandatory attributes specified by the ContentRule
java.lang.String	getName() Get the short name of the ContentRule which is also the Object Class.
java.lang.String[]	getNot() Get the precluded attributes specified by the ContentRule This is optional, so an empty ArrayList may be returned.
java.lang.String	getOID() Get the OID of the ContentRule.
boolean	isObsolete() Indicates whether the ContentRule has been specified as obsolete.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ContentRule

public ContentRule(java.lang.String str)

Constructor for a ContentRule object.

This constructor is called from LDAPSchemaImpl while reading and decoding the schema.

Parameters:

str - The nameFrom string value as reported by the LDAP schema.

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Get the short name of the ContentRule which is also the Object Class. The name is optional so null may be returned.

Returns:

The name of the ContentRule.

getDescription

public java.lang.String getDescription()

Get the description of the ContentRule. This is an optional parameter so null may be returned.

Returns:

The description of the ContentRule.

getOID

public java.lang.String getOID()

Get the OID of the ContentRule. This OID is required by the schema.

Returns:

The OID of the ContentRule.

isObsolete

public boolean isObsolete()

Indicates whether the ContentRule has been specified as obsolete.

Returns:

true if the ContentRule is obsolete.

getAux

public java.lang.String[] getAux()

Get the valid auxiliary classes specified by the ContentRule

Returns:

The valid auxiliary classes for this object class.

getMust

public java.lang.String[] getMust()

Get the additional mandatory attributes specified by the ContentRule

Returns:

The mandatory attributes of the ContentRule.

getMay

public java.lang.String[] getMay()

Get the additional optional attributes specified by the ContentRule This is optional, so an empty ArrayList may be returned.

Returns:

The optional attributes of the ContentRule.

getNot

public java.lang.String[] getNot()

Get the precluded attributes specified by the ContentRule This is optional, so an empty ArrayList may be returned.

Returns:

The precluded attributes of the ContentRule.