Class ModificationItem

• java.lang.Object
• • javax.naming.directory.ModificationItem

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class ModificationItem
extends Object
implements Serializable

Since:

1.3

Constructors

ModificationItem

public ModificationItem(int mod_op,
                        Attribute attr)

Creates a new instance of ModificationItem.

Parameters:

mod_op - Modification to apply. It must be one of: DirContext.ADD_ATTRIBUTE DirContext.REPLACE_ATTRIBUTE DirContext.REMOVE_ATTRIBUTE

attr - The non-null attribute to use for modification.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If attr is null, or if mod_op is not one of the ones specified above.

Methods

getModificationOp

public int getModificationOp()

Retrieves the modification code of this modification item.

Returns:

The modification code. It is one of: DirContext.ADD_ATTRIBUTE DirContext.REPLACE_ATTRIBUTE DirContext.REMOVE_ATTRIBUTE

getAttribute

public Attribute getAttribute()

Retrieves the attribute associated with this modification item.

Returns:

The non-null attribute to use for the modification.

toString

public String toString()

Generates the string representation of this modification item, which consists of the modification operation and its related attribute. The string representation is meant for debugging and not to be interpreted programmatically.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

The non-null string representation of this modification item.