org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.codec

Class LdapProvider

java.lang.Object

org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.message.spi.Provider

org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.codec.LdapProvider

public class LdapProvider
extends Provider

The specific BER provider for LDAP.

Author:

Apache Directory Project $Rev: 903719 $

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.message.spi.Provider

BERLIB_PROPFILE, BERLIB_PROVIDER, DEFAULT_PROVIDER, PROVIDER_MONITOR_KEY, USING_DEFAULTS_MSG

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ProviderDecoder	getDecoder(BinaryAttributeDetector binaryAttributeDetector, int maxPDUSize) Gets the decoder associated with this provider.
ProviderEncoder	getEncoder() Gets the encoder associated with this provider.
static Provider	getProvider() Gets a handle on the singleton LdapProvider.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.message.spi.Provider

getEnvironment, getName, getProvider, getVendor

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getProvider

public static Provider getProvider()

Gets a handle on the singleton LdapProvider. Only one instance should have to be instantiated for the entire jvm.

Returns:

the singleton SnaccProvider instance

getEncoder

public ProviderEncoder getEncoder()
                           throws ProviderException

Gets the encoder associated with this provider.

Specified by:

getEncoder in class Provider

Returns:

the provider's encoder.

Throws:

ProviderException - if the provider or its encoder cannot be found

getDecoder

public ProviderDecoder getDecoder(BinaryAttributeDetector binaryAttributeDetector,
                                  int maxPDUSize)
                           throws ProviderException

Gets the decoder associated with this provider.

Specified by:

getDecoder in class Provider

Parameters:

binaryAttributeDetector - detects whether or not attributes are binary

maxPDUSize - the maximum size a PDU can be

Returns:

the provider's decoder.

Throws:

ProviderException - if the provider or its decoder cannot be found