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26.9. slapi_filter_get_type()
Applies only to filters of the type
LDAP_FILTER_PRESENT. Gets the attribute type specified in the filter.
Description
Filters of the type LDAP_FILTER_PRESENT generally determine if a specified attribute is assigned a value. For example:
(mail=*)
This filter finds entries that have a value assigned to the
mail attribute.
Call this function to get the attribute type from this filter. In the case of the example above, calling this function gets the attribute type
mail.
Syntax
#include "slapi-plugin.h" int slapi_filter_get_type( Slapi_Filter *f, char **type );
Parameters
This function takes the following parameters:
|
f
| Filter from which you want to get the substring values. |
|
type
| Pointer to the attribute type of the filter. |
Returns
This function returns one of the following values:
- 0 if successful.
- -1 if the filter is not one of the types listed above.
Memory Concerns
The string returned in the parameter type must not be freed after calling this function. It will be freed when the structure Slapi_Filter is freed by calling slapi_filter_free().
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