org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.ldif
Class LdifUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.ldif.LdifUtils

public class LdifUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Some LDIF useful methods

Constructor Summary

LdifUtils()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	convertToLdif(javax.naming.directory.Attributes attrs) Convert an Attributes as LDIF
static boolean	isLDIFSafe(java.lang.String str) Checks if the input String contains only safe values, that is, the data does not need to be encoded for use with LDIF.
static java.lang.String	stripLineToNChars(java.lang.String str, int nbChars) Strips the String every n specified characters

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LdifUtils

public LdifUtils()

Method Detail

isLDIFSafe

public static boolean isLDIFSafe(java.lang.String str)

Checks if the input String contains only safe values, that is, the data does not need to be encoded for use with LDIF. The rules for checking safety are based on the rules for LDIF (LDAP Data Interchange Format) per RFC 2849. The data does not need to be encoded if all the following are true: The data cannot start with the following char values: 00 (NUL) 10 (LF) 13 (CR) 32 (SPACE) 58 (:) 60 (<) Any character with value greater than 127 The data cannot contain any of the following char values: 00 (NUL) 10 (LF) 13 (CR) Any character with value greater than 127 The data cannot end with a space.

Parameters:

str - the String to be checked

Returns:

true if encoding not required for LDIF

convertToLdif

public static java.lang.String convertToLdif(javax.naming.directory.Attributes attrs)
                                      throws javax.naming.NamingException

Convert an Attributes as LDIF

Parameters:

attrs - the Attributes to convert

Returns:

the corresponding LDIF code as a String

Throws:

javax.naming.NamingException - If a naming exception is encountered.

stripLineToNChars

public static java.lang.String stripLineToNChars(java.lang.String str,
                                                 int nbChars)

Strips the String every n specified characters

Parameters:

str - the string to strip

nbChars - the number of characters

Returns:

the stripped String