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14.12. Slapi_Attr
Represents an attribute in an entry.
Syntax
#include "slapi-plugin.h" typedef struct slapi_attr Slapi_Attr;
Description
Slapi_Attr is the data type for an opaque structure that represents an attribute in a directory entry. In certain cases, your server plug-in may need to work with an entry's attributes. The following table summarizes the front-end API functions that you can call to work with attributes.
| To ... | ... Call this function |
|---|---|
| Add an attribute value. | slapi_attr_add_value() |
| Return the base type of an attribute. | slapi_attr_basetype() |
| Duplicate an attribute. | slapi_attr_dup() |
| Get the first value of an attribute. | slapi_attr_first_value() |
| Determine if certain flags are set. | slapi_attr_flag_is_set() |
| Free an attribute. | slapi_attr_free() |
| Put the values contained in an attribute into an array of berval structures. | slapi_attr_get_bervals_copy() |
| Get the flags associated with an attribute. | slapi_attr_get_flags() |
| Put the count of values of an attribute into an integer. | slapi_attr_get_numvalues() |
| Search for an attribute type and give its OID string. | slapi_attr_get_oid_copy() |
| Get the type of an attribute. | slapi_attr_get_type() |
| Get the next value of an attribute. | slapi_attr_get_valueset() |
| Determine the next value of an attribute. | slapi_attr_next_value() |
| Initialize a valueset in a Slapi_Attr structure from a specified Slapi_ValueSet structure. | slapi_attr_set_valueset() |
| Get information about the plug-in responsible for handling an attribute type. | slapi_attr_type2plugin() |
| Compare two attribute names to determine if they represent the same attribute. | slapi_attr_types_equivalent() |
| Find the first attribute in an entry. | slapi_entry_first_attr() |
| Iterate through the attributes in an entry. | slapi_entry_next_attr() |
| Determine if an attribute contains a given value. | slapi_entry_attr_find() |
| Determine if an attribute has the specified value. | slapi_attr_value_find() |
| Compare two attribute values. | slapi_attr_value_cmp() |
| Add the changes in a modification to a valueset. | slapi_valueset_set_from_smod() |
| Initialize a Slapi_ValueSet structure from another Slapi_ValueSet structure. | slapi_valueset_set_valueset() |
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