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14.22. Slapi_Entry
Represents an entry in the directory.
Syntax
#include "slapi-plugin.h" typedef struct slapi_entry Slapi_Entry;
Description
Slapi_Entry is the data type for an opaque structure that represents an entry in the directory. In certain cases, your server plug-in may need to work with an entry in the directory. The following table summarizes the front-end API functions that you can call to work with entries.
| To ... | ... Call this function |
|---|---|
| Generate an LDIF string description. | slapi_entry2str() |
| Generate an LDIF string descriptions with options. | slapi_entry2str_with_options() |
| Add components in an entry's RDN. | slapi_entry_add_rdn_values() |
| Add a string value to an attribute in an entry. | slapi_entry_add_string() |
| Add a data value to an attribute in an entry. | slapi_entry_add_value() |
| Add an array of data values to an attribute in an entry. | slapi_entry_add_values_sv() |
| Add a data value to an attribute in an entry. | slapi_entry_add_valueset() |
| Allocate memory for an entry structure. | slapi_entry_alloc() |
Applies an array of LDAPMod to a Slapi_Entry. | Section 24.9, “slapi_entry_apply_mods()” |
| Delete an attribute from an entry. | slapi_entry_attr_delete() |
| Check if an entry contains a specific attribute. | slapi_entry_attr_find() |
| Get the first value as a string. | slapi_entry_attr_get_charptr() |
| Get the values of a multi-valued attribute of an entry. | slapi_entry_attr_get_charray() |
| Get the first value as an integer. | slapi_entry_attr_get_int() |
| Get the first value as a long. | slapi_entry_attr_get_long() |
| Get the first value as an unsigned integer. | slapi_entry_attr_get_uint() |
| Get the first value as an unsigned long. | slapi_entry_attr_get_ulong() |
| Check if an attribute in an entry contains a value. | slapi_entry_attr_has_syntax_value() |
| Add an array to the attribute values in an entry. | slapi_entry_attr_merge_sv() |
| Replace the values of an attribute with a string. | slapi_entry_attr_replace_sv() |
| Set the first value as a string. | slapi_entry_attr_set_charptr() |
| Set the first value as an integer. | slapi_entry_attr_set_int() |
| Set the first value as a long. | slapi_entry_attr_set_long() |
| Set the first value as an unsigned integer. | slapi_entry_attr_set_uint() |
| Set the first value as an unsigned long. | slapi_entry_attr_set_ulong() |
| Delete a string from an attribute. | slapi_entry_delete_string() |
| Remove a Slapi_Value array from an attribute. | slapi_entry_delete_values_sv() |
| Copy an entry, its DN, and its attributes. | slapi_entry_dup() |
| Find the first attribute in an entry. | slapi_entry_first_attr() |
| Free an entry from memory. | slapi_entry_free() |
| Get the DN from an entry. | slapi_entry_get_dn() |
| Return the DN of an entry as a constant. | slapi_entry_get_dn_const() |
| Return the normalized distinguished name (NDN) of an entry. | slapi_entry_get_ndn() |
| Return the Slapi_DN from an entry. | slapi_entry_get_sdn() |
| Return a Slapi_DN from an entry as a constant. | slapi_entry_get_sdn_const() |
| Get the unique ID from an entry. | slapi_entry_get_uniqueid() |
| Determine if the specified entry has child entries. | slapi_entry_has_children() |
| Initialize the values of an entry. | slapi_entry_init() |
| Add an array of data values to an attribute in an entry. | slapi_entry_merge_values_sv() |
| Find the next attribute in an entry. | slapi_entry_next_attr() |
| Check if values present in an entry's RDN are also present as attribute values. | slapi_entry_rdn_values_present() |
| Determine if an entry complies with the schema for its object class. | slapi_entry_schema_check() |
| Set the DN of an entry. | slapi_entry_set_dn() |
| Set the Slapi_DN value in an entry. | slapi_entry_set_sdn() |
| Set the unique ID in an entry. | slapi_entry_set_uniqueid() |
| Return the size of an entry. | slapi_entry_size() |
| Determine if an entry is the root DSE. | slapi_is_rootdse() |
| Convert an LDIF description into an entry. | slapi_str2entry() |
See Also
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