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Net::LDAP::Control::PreRead - LDAPv3 Pre-Read control object
SYNOPSIS
use Net::LDAP;
use Net::LDAP::Control::PreRead;
use Net::LDAP::Constant qw( LDAP_CONTROL_PREREAD LDAP_SUCCESS );
$ldap = Net::LDAP->new( "ldap.mydomain.eg" );
$preread = Net::LDAP::Control::PreRead->new( attrs => [ qw/givenName/ ] );
my $mesg = $ldap->modify( "cn=Barbara Jensen, o=University of Michigan, c=US",
replace => { givenName => "Babs" },
control => $preread );
if ($mesg->code eq LDAP_SUCCESS) {
my ($previous) = $mesg->control( LDAP_CONTROL_PREREAD );
my $entry = $previous ? $previous->entry() : undef;
if ($entry) {
print "givenName changed from '" .
join("', '", $entry->get_value(givenName") .
"' to 'Babs'\n");
}
}
DESCRIPTION
"Net::LDAP::Control::PreRead" provides an interface for the creation
and manipulation of objects that represent the "Pre-Read Controls" as
described by RFC 4527.
In modification operations, the "Pre-Read request control" indicates to
the server that a copy of the original entry before the update is to be
returned. After the successful completion of the operation, the
accompanying "Pre-Read response control" allows one to retrieve the
original value from the servers's response.
One use case of this control control may be to obtain replaced or
deleted values of modified attributes or a copy of the entry being
deleted.
CONSTRUCTOR ARGUMENTS
In addition to the constructor arguments described in
Net::LDAP::Control the following are provided.
attrs => [ ATTR, ... ]
A list of attributes to be returned in the entry returned in the
response control.
If absent, all attributes are returned.
Operational attributes may be included in the list by explicitly
asking for them or by using special "+" feature (provided the
server supports this feature).
METHODS
As with Net::LDAP::Control each constructor argument described above is
also available as a method on the object which will return the current
value for the attribute if called without an argument, and set a new
value for the attribute if called with an argument.
In addition to these methods, the control also supports the following
method:
entry ()
Returns the entry from the response control in the response message
to the LDAP request that contained the request control.
The result is either a Net::LDAP::Entry object or undefined.
SEE ALSO
Net::LDAP, Net::LDAP::Control, http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4527.txt
AUTHOR
Peter Marschall <peter@adpm.de>
Please report any bugs, or post any suggestions, to the perl-ldap
mailing list <perl-ldap@perl.org>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2008,2011 Peter Marschall. All rights reserved. This
program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
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