com.novell.ldap.extensions
Class LDAPBackupRequest

java.lang.Object
  com.novell.ldap.LDAPExtendedOperation
      com.novell.ldap.extensions.LDAPBackupRequest

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Externalizable, java.io.Serializable

public class LDAPBackupRequest

extends LDAPExtendedOperation

This class provides an LDAP interface for object based backup of eDirectory objects. The backup API not only get the objects but all the DS level attributes associated with the objects.

The information available includes such items as modification timestamp, revision,data blob consisting of backup data of any eDirectory Object. The API support backing of both non-encrypted and encrypted objects

To get information about any eDirectory Object, you must create an instance of this class and then call the extendedOperation method with this object as the required LDAPExtendedOperation parameter.

The getLDAPBackupRequest extension uses the following OID:
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.96

The requestValue has the following format:
requestValue ::=
objectDN LDAPDN
mts(modification timestamp) INTEGER
revision INTEGER
passwd OCTET STRING

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

LDAPBackupRequest(java.lang.String objectDN, byte[] passwd, java.lang.String stateInfo)
Constructs an extended operations object for getting data about any Object.

Methods inherited from class com.novell.ldap.LDAPExtendedOperation

clone, getID, getValue, readDSML, readExternal, setID, setValue, toString, writeDSML, writeExternal

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LDAPBackupRequest

public LDAPBackupRequest(java.lang.String objectDN,
                         byte[] passwd,
                         java.lang.String stateInfo)
                  throws LDAPException

Constructs an extended operations object for getting data about any Object.

Parameters:

objectDN - The DN of the object to be backed up

passwd - The encrypted password required for the object to be backed up

stateInfo - The state information of the object to backup. This parameter is a String which contains combination of modification timestamp and revision number of object being backed up. The format of both modification time stamp and revision should pertain to eDirectoty standard format of taking modification timestamp and revision. Separator being used between these two is a '+' character.

Throws:

LDAPException - A general exception which includes an error message and an LDAP error code.