org.nuxeo.ecm.directory.ldap

Class LDAPFilterMatcher

java.lang.Object

org.nuxeo.ecm.directory.ldap.LDAPFilterMatcher

public class LDAPFilterMatcher
extends Object

Helper class to parse and evaluate if a LDAP filter expression matches a fetched LDAP entry.

This is done by recursively evaluating the abstract syntax tree of the expression as parsed by an apache directory shared method.

Author:

Olivier Grisel

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	match(Attributes attributes, String filter) Check whether a raw string filter expression matches on the given LDAP entry.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

match

public boolean match(Attributes attributes,
            String filter)
              throws DirectoryException

Check whether a raw string filter expression matches on the given LDAP entry.

Parameters:

attributes - the ldap entry to match

filter - a raw string filter expression (eg. (!(&(attr1=*)(attr2=value2)(attr3=val*))) )

Returns:

true if the ldap entry matches the filter

Throws:

DirectoryException - if the filter is not a valid LDAP filter