com.novell.service.nds
Class NdsUnknown

java.lang.Object
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public class NdsUnknown

extends java.lang.Object

implements NdsAttributeValue, , java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable

Provides access to values of the Unknown attribute. It is used for attributes that represents strings of binary information. Attributes whose attribute definition has been deleted from the schema use the Unknown syntax.

Matching Rules: (none)

See Also:

NdsSyntaxId

Method Summary

boolean	approximate(java.lang.Object anObject) Compares two Objects using the approximate matching rule.
java.lang.Object	clone() Creates a new object of the same class as this object.
int	compareTo(java.lang.Object anObject) Compares two objects for ordering, or compares two strings lexicographically.
int	count() Returns the number of elements in this sequence.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object anObject) Compares two Objects for equality.
java.lang.String	getAttributeName() Returns the attribute name stored as a String value in the object data member.
int	getAttributeSyntaxId() Returns the attribute syntax ID stored as an int value in the object data member.
int	getNdsSyntaxId() Returns the int that represents the NDS syntax ID.
byte[]	getValue() Returns the value stored as a byte array in the object data member.
	getValue(java.lang.String compositeId) Returns a SchemaValue object based on the given passed-in string containing the element value.
java.util.Enumeration	getValueIds() Returns an enumeration of composit IDs.
int	getValueLength() Returns the value length stored as an int value in the object data member.
java.util.Enumeration	getValues() Returns an enumeration of the elements in this composite.
boolean	supportsMatchingRules(int matchingRules) Checks to see if this object supports the specified matching rules.
java.lang.String	toString() Generates a string representation of the object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.lang.Object anObject)
              throws java.lang.Exception

Compares two objects for ordering, or compares two strings lexicographically. The compareTo method does not apply to the Unknown syntax because this syntax does not support the ordering and substrings matching rules.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object anObject)

Compares two Objects for equality. The equals method compares this object value with the value of the reference object in the anObject parameter. The equals method does not apply to the Unknown syntax because this syntax does not support the equality matching rule.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

count

public int count()

Returns the number of elements in this sequence.

Specified by:

count in interface

Returns:

The number of elements in this sequence as an int.

getValue

public  getValue(java.lang.String compositeId)

Returns a SchemaValue object based on the given passed-in string containing the element value. The SchemaValue object is a Java language data type.

Specified by:

getValue in interface

Parameters:

compositeId - The passed-in string containing the element value.

Returns:

The SchemaValue object containing the attributeName, syntaxId, and valueLength, or NULL.

getValueIds

public java.util.Enumeration getValueIds()

Returns an enumeration of composit IDs.

Specified by:

getValueIds in interface

Returns:

An enumeration of composite IDs.

getValues

public java.util.Enumeration getValues()

Returns an enumeration of the elements in this composite.

Specified by:

getValues in interface

Returns:

An enumeration of the composite elements (attributeName, syntaxId, and value.length).

approximate

public boolean approximate(java.lang.Object anObject)
                    throws java.lang.Exception

Compares two Objects using the approximate matching rule. The approximate method does not apply to the Unknown syntax because this syntax does not support the approximate equals matching rule.

Specified by:

approximate in interface NdsAttributeValue

getNdsSyntaxId

public int getNdsSyntaxId()

Returns the int that represents the NDS syntax ID.

Specified by:

getNdsSyntaxId in interface NdsAttributeValue

Returns:

The syntax ID as an int.

supportsMatchingRules

public boolean supportsMatchingRules(int matchingRules)

Checks to see if this object supports the specified matching rules. The Unknown syntax does not supports any of the matching rules.

Specified by:

supportsMatchingRules in interface NdsAttributeValue

Parameters:

matchingRules - The set of matching rules to check.

Returns:

A Boolean set to TRUE if the matching rules for this object are equal to the matchingRules parameter.

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Creates a new object of the same class as this object. It then initializes each of the new object's fields by assigning them the same value as the corresponding fields in this object. No constructor is called.

Returns:

A clone of this object instance containing the cloned syntax.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Generates a string representation of the object. It returns a string that textually represents the object. The result should be a concise but informative representation that is easy to read.

Returns:

The String representation of the object.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

getAttributeName

public java.lang.String getAttributeName()

Returns the attribute name stored as a String value in the object data member.

Returns:

The attribute name as a String value.

getAttributeSyntaxId

public int getAttributeSyntaxId()

Returns the attribute syntax ID stored as an int value in the object data member.

Returns:

The attribute syntax ID as an int value.

getValueLength

public int getValueLength()

Returns the value length stored as an int value in the object data member.

Returns:

The value length as an int value.

getValue

public byte[] getValue()

Returns the value stored as a byte array in the object data member.

Returns:

The byte array of values.