ldap/extras/codec-api/src/main/java/org/apache/directory/api/ldap/extras/controls/ad/AdDirSyncRequest.java

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package org.apache.directory.api.ldap.extras.controls.ad;

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


/**
 * The DirSync request control, as described in http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-armijo-ldap-dirsync-00.
 * Here is the ASN/1 description of the SearchRequest control :
 *
 * <pre>
 * Repl    Control ::= SEQUENCE {
 *     controlType             1.2.840.113556.1.4.841
 *     controlValue            replControlValue
 *     criticality             TRUE
 * }
 * </pre>
 *
 * the control value is :
 *
 * <pre>
 * Client side :
 * realReplControlValue ::= SEQUENCE {
 *     parentsFirst            integer
 *     maxAttributeCount       integer
 *     cookie                  OCTET STRING
 * }
 * </pre>
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
 *
 */
public interface AdDirSyncRequest extends Control
{
    /** This control OID */
    String OID = "1.2.840.113556.1.4.841";

    /**
     * @return 1 if the parents of the children comes before their children
     */
    int getParentsFirst();


    /**
     * Tell the server that it should send the parents of the children before
     * their children.
     * NOTE: it should have been a boolean, it's an integer instead.
     *
     * @param parentsFirst When set to 1, will return the parents before children
     */
    void setParentsFirst( int parentsFirst );


    /**
     * @return The maximum attribute count to be returned
     */
    int getMaxAttributeCount();


    /**
     * @param maxAttributeCount The maximum attribute count to be returned
     */
    void setMaxAttributeCount( int maxAttributeCount );


    /**
     * @return The cookie used while processing the successive DirSync operations
     */
    byte[] getCookie();


    /**
     * @param cookie The cookie to send to the server. It's the value found in the response control. Should be null
     * for the first control.
     */
    void setCookie( byte[] cookie );
}