com.novell.ldap.util
Interface LDAPReader

All Known Implementing Classes:

DOMReader, DSMLReader, LDIFReader

public interface LDAPReader

Describes the interfaces used by applications to read LDAP messages from an input source.

See Also:

LDAPWriter

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getVersion() Returns version of data format being read from the source.
boolean	isRequest() Returns the type of messages being read from the source, true if request data or false if result data.
LDAPMessage	readMessage() Reads an LDAPMessage from the data source.

Method Detail

getVersion

public java.lang.String getVersion()

Returns version of data format being read from the source.

Returns:

the data version as a String value.

isRequest

public boolean isRequest()

Returns the type of messages being read from the source, true if request data or false if result data.

Returns:

true if the data type is request data.

readMessage

public LDAPMessage readMessage()
                        throws LDAPException,
                               java.io.IOException

Reads an LDAPMessage from the data source.

Returns:

the LDAPMesssage read from the input source.

Throws:

LDAPException

java.io.IOException