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package org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.message.controls;


import org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.message.Control;


/**
 * A request/response control used to implement a simple paging of search
 * results. This is an implementation of RFC 2696 :
 * <a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2696.html">LDAP Control Extension for Simple Paged Results Manipulation</a>
 * <br>
 * <pre>
 *    This control is included in the searchRequest and searchResultDone
 *    messages as part of the controls field of the LDAPMessage, as defined
 *    in Section 4.1.12 of [LDAPv3]. The structure of this control is as
 *    follows:
 *
 * pagedResultsControl ::= SEQUENCE {
 *         controlType     1.2.840.113556.1.4.319,
 *         criticality     BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
 *         controlValue    searchControlValue
 * }
 *
 * The searchControlValue is an OCTET STRING wrapping the BER-encoded
 * version of the following SEQUENCE:
 *
 * realSearchControlValue ::= SEQUENCE {
 *         size            INTEGER (0..maxInt),
 *                                 -- requested page size from client
 *                                 -- result set size estimate from server
 *         cookie          OCTET STRING
 * }
 *
 * </pre>
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
 */
public interface PagedResults extends Control
{
    /** The Paged Search Control OID */
    String OID = "1.2.840.113556.1.4.319";


    /**
     * @return The requested or returned number of entries
     */
    int getSize();


    /**
     * Set the number of entry requested or returned
     *
     * @param size The number of entries
     */
    void setSize( int size );


    /**
     * @return The stored cookie
     */
    byte[] getCookie();


    /**
     * Set the cookie
     *
     * @param cookie The cookie to store in this control
     */
    void setCookie( byte[] cookie );


    /**
     * @return The integer value for the current cookie
     */
    int getCookieValue();
}