NAME¶
Net::LDAP::Control - LDAPv3 control object base class
SYNOPSIS¶
use Net::LDAP::Control;
use Net::LDAP::Constant qw( LDAP_CONTROL_MANAGEDSAIT );
my $req_ctrl1 = Net::LDAP::Control->new( type => LDAP_CONTROL_MANAGEDSAIT );
my $req_ctrl2 = Net::LDAP::Control->new(
type => "1.2.3.4",
value => "help",
critical => 0
);
$mesg = $ldap->search( @args, control => [ $req_ctrl1, $req_ctrl2 ]);
my @res_ctrls = $mesg->control();
DESCRIPTION¶
"Net::LDAP::Control" is the base-class for LDAPv3 control objects.
Controls provide a mechanism that allows one to extend the semantics and
arguments of LDAP operations. Controls may be attached to LDAP operations, and
only affect the semantics of the operation they are attached to.
Controls sent by clients are termed
request controls, and are set using
the "control" option of the respective LDAP operations. Controls
sent by servers are called
response controls, they can be found using
the "control()" method of the response message objects.
Servers announce the controls they support in the attribute
"supportedControls" in their RootDSE.
CONSTRUCTORS¶
- new ( ARGS )
- ARGS is a list of name/value pairs, valid arguments are:
- critical
- A Boolean value, if TRUE and the control is unrecognized by the server or
is inappropriate for the requested operation then the server will return
an error and the operation will not be performed.
If FALSE and the control is unrecognized by the server or is inappropriate
for the requested operation then the server will ignore the control and
perform the requested operation as if the control was not given.
If absent, FALSE is assumed.
- type
- A dotted-decimal representation of an OBJECT IDENTIFIER which uniquely
identifies the control. This prevents conflicts between control names.
This may be omitted if the constructor is being called on a sub-class of
Net::LDAP::Control which has registered to be associated with an OID. If
the constructor is being called on the Net::LDAP::Control package, then
this argument must be given. If the given OID has been registered by a
package, then the returned object will be of the type registered to handle
that OID.
- value
- Optional information associated with the control. Its format is specific
to the particular control.
- from_asn ( ASN )
- ASN is a HASH reference, normally extracted from a PDU. It will contain a
"type" element and optionally "critical" and
"value" elements. On return ASN will be blessed into a package.
If "type" is a registered OID, then ASN will be blessed into the
registered package, if not then ASN will be blessed into
Net::LDAP::Control.
This constructor is used internally by Net::LDAP and assumes that HASH
passed contains a valid control. It should be used with
caution.
METHODS¶
In addition to the methods listed below, each of the named parameters to
"new" is also available as a method. "type" will return
the OID of the control object. "value" and "critical" are
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 constructors.
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::Control with the OID
that the class will handle. Net::LDAP::Control 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::Control
package and OID is passed as the type. 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 "type" is not specified. The "type" 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 control is used.
The base class implementation of this method will call the "value"
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::RootDSE, Net::LDAP::Control::Assertion,
Net::LDAP::Control::EntryChange, Net::LDAP::Control::ManageDsaIT,
Net::LDAP::Control::MatchedValues, Net::LDAP::Control::Paged,
Net::LDAP::Control::PasswordPolicy, Net::LDAP::Control::PersistentSearch,
Net::LDAP::Control::PostRead, Net::LDAP::Control::PreRead,
Net::LDAP::Control::ProxyAuth, Net::LDAP::Control::Relax,
Net::LDAP::Control::Sort, Net::LDAP::Control::SortResult,
Net::LDAP::Control::SyncDone, Net::LDAP::Control::SyncRequest,
Net::LDAP::Control::SyncState, Net::LDAP::Control::VLV,
Net::LDAP::Control::VLVResponse
AUTHOR¶
Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>
Please report any bugs, or post any suggestions, to the perl-ldap mailing list
<perl-ldap@perl.org>
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Graham Barr. All rights reserved. This program is free
software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
Perl itself.