Provided by: libnet-ldap-perl_0.6500+dfsg-1_all 
NAME
Net::LDAP::Entry - An LDAP entry object
SYNOPSIS
use Net::LDAP;
$ldap = Net::LDAP->new ( $host );
$mesg = $ldap->search ( @search_args );
my $max = $mesg->count;
for ( $i = 0 ; $i < $max ; $i++ ) {
my $entry = $mesg->entry ( $i );
foreach my $attr ( $entry->attributes ) {
print join( "\n ", $attr, $entry->get_value( $attr ) ), "\n";
}
}
# or
use Net::LDAP::Entry;
$entry = Net::LDAP::Entry->new;
$entry->dn($dn);
$entry->add (
attr1 => 'value1',
attr2 => [ qw(value1 value2) ]
);
$entry->delete ( 'unwanted' );
$entry->replace (
attr1 => 'newvalue'
attr2 => [ qw(new values) ]
);
$entry->update ( $ldap ); # update directory server
$entry2 = $entry->clone; # copies entry
# new alternate syntax
$entry = Net::LDAP::Entry->new ( $dn
, attr1 => 'value1'
, attr2 => [ qw(value1 value2) ]
)->add(
attr3 => 'value'
)->update( $ldap );
DESCRIPTION
The Net::LDAP::Entry object represents a single entry in the directory. It is a container
for attribute-value pairs.
A Net::LDAP::Entry object can be used in two situations. The first and probably most
common use is in the result of a search to the directory server.
The other is where a new object is created locally and then a single command is sent to
the directory server to add, modify or replace an entry. Entries for this purpose can also
be created by reading an LDIF file with the Net::LDAP::LDIF module.
CONSTRUCTORS
new ( )
Create a new entry object with the changetype set to 'add'. Optionally, you can
provide a DN and a list of arguments passed to the add method.
Net::LDAP::Entry->new()
# or
Net::LDAP::Entry->new( $dn )
# or
Net::LDAP::Entry->new( $dn ,
objectClass => [qw( top posixAccount )] , uid => 'admin'
)
clone ( )
Returns a copy of the Net::LDAP::Entry object.
METHODS
add ( ATTR => VALUE, ... )
Add more attributes or values to the entry and returns the entry itself. Each "VALUE"
should be a string if only a single value is wanted in the attribute, or a reference
to an array of strings if multiple values are wanted. The values given will be added
to the values which already exist for the given attributes.
$entry->add ( 'sn' => 'Barr' );
$entry->add ( 'street' => [ '1 some road','nowhere' ] );
NOTE: these changes are local to the client and will not appear on the directory
server until the "update" method is called. As "add" returns the entry, you can write
something like.
$entry->add ( 'sn' => 'Barr' )->update( $ldap );
attributes ( OPTIONS )
Return a list of attributes in this entry
nooptions => 1
Return a list of the attribute names excluding any options. For example for the
entry
name: Graham Barr
name;en-us: Bob
jpeg;binary: **binary data**
then
@values = $entry->attributes;
print "default: @values\n";
@values = $entry->attributes ( nooptions => 1 );
print "nooptions: @values\n";
will output
default: name name;en-us jpeg;binary
nooptions: name jpeg
changetype ( )
Returns the type of operation that would be performed when the update method is
called.
changetype ( TYPE )
Set the type of operation that will be performed when the update method is called to
"TYPE". Returns the entry itself.
Possible values for "TYPE" are
add The update method will call the add method on the client object, which will result
in the entry being added to the directory server.
delete
The update method will call the delete method on the client object, which will
result in the entry being removed from the directory server.
$entry->delete->update( $ldap )
modify
The update method will call the modify method on the client object, which will
result in any changes that have been made locally being made to the entry on the
directory server.
moddn/modrdn
The update method will call the moddn method on the client object, which will
result in any DN changes that have been made locally being made to the entry on
the directory server. These DN changes are specified by setting the entry
attributes newrdn, deleteoldrdn, and (optionally) newsuperior.
delete ( )
Delete the entry from the server on the next call to "update".
delete ( ATTR => [ VALUE, ... ], ... )
Delete the values of given attributes from the entry. Values are references to arrays;
passing a reference to an empty array is the same as passing "undef", and will result
in the entire attribute being deleted. For example:
$entry->delete ( 'mail' => [ 'foo.bar@example.com' ] );
$entry->delete ( 'description' => [ ], 'streetAddress' => [ ] );
NOTE: these changes are local to the client and will not appear on the directory
server until the "update" method is called.
dn ( )
Get the DN of the entry.
dn ( DN )
Set the DN for the entry, and return the previous value.
NOTE: these changes are local to the client and will not appear on the directory
server until the "update" method is called.
ldif ( OPTION => VALUE, ... )
Returns the entry as an LDIF string. Possible options are
change => VALUE
If given a true value then the LDIF will be generated as a change record. If
false, then the LDIF generated will represent the entry content. If unspecified
then it will default to true if the entry has changes and false if no changes have
been applied to the entry.
dump ( [ FILEHANDLE ] )
Dump the entry to the given filehandle.
This method is intended for debugging purposes and does not treat binary attributes
specially.
See Net::LDAP::LDIF on how to generate LDIF output.
If "FILEHANDLE" is omitted "STDOUT" is used by default.
exists ( ATTR )
Returns "TRUE" if the entry has an attribute called "ATTR".
get_value ( ATTR, OPTIONS )
Get the values for the attribute "ATTR". In a list context returns all values for the
given attribute, or the empty list if the attribute does not exist. In a scalar
context returns the first value for the attribute or undef if the attribute does not
exist.
alloptions => 1
The result will be a hash reference. The keys of the hash will be the options and
the hash value will be the values for those attributes. For example if an entry
had:
name: Graham Barr
name;en-us: Bob
Then a get for attribute "name" with alloptions set to a true value
$ref = $entry->get_value ( 'name', alloptions => 1 );
will return a hash reference that would be like
{
'' => [ 'Graham Barr' ],
';en-us' => [ 'Bob' ]
}
If alloptions is not set or is set to false only the attribute values for the
exactly matching name are returned.
asref => 1
The result will be a reference to an array containing all the values for the
attribute, or "undef" if the attribute does not exist.
$scalar = $entry->get_value ( 'name' );
$scalar will be the first value for the "name" attribute, or "undef" if the entry
does not contain a "name" attribute.
$ref = $entry->get_value ( 'name', asref => 1 );
$ref will be a reference to an array, which will have all the values for the
"name" attribute. If the entry does not have an attribute called "name" then $ref
will be "undef".
NOTE: In the interest of performance the array references returned by "get_value" are
references to structures held inside the entry object. These values and their contents
should NOT be modified directly.
replace ( ATTR => VALUE, ... )
Similar to "add", except that the values given will replace any values that already
exist for the given attributes.
NOTE: these changes are local to the client and will not appear on the directory
server until the "update" method is called.
update ( CLIENT [, OPTIONS ] )
Update the directory server with any changes that have been made locally to the
attributes of this entry. This means any calls that have been made to add, replace or
delete since the last call to changetype or update was made.
This method can also be used to modify the DN of the entry on the server, by
specifying moddn or modrdn as the changetype, and setting the entry attributes newrdn,
deleteoldrdn, and (optionally) newsuperior.
"CLIENT" is a "Net::LDAP" object where the update will be sent to.
"OPTIONS" may be options to the "Net::LDAP" actions on CLIENT corresponding to the
entry's changetype.
The result will be an object of type Net::LDAP::Message as returned by the add, modify
or delete method called on CLIENT.
Alternatively "CLIENT" can also be a "Net::LDAP::LDIF" object, that must be an LDIF
file opened for writing.
In this case, the entry, together with any "OPTIONS" is passed as arguments to the
"write_entry" method of the "CLIENT" object.
Here too, the result is an object class "Net::LDAP::Message". On error, the error
code is "LDAP_OTHER" with the LDIF error message in the error text.
SEE ALSO
Net::LDAP, Net::LDAP::LDIF
AUTHOR
Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>.
Please report any bugs, or post any suggestions, to the perl-ldap mailing list
<perl-ldap@perl.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1997-2004 Graham Barr. All rights reserved. This program is free software;
you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.