Net::LDAP::Control(3pm)

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NAME

6       Net::LDAP::Control - LDAPv3 control object base class
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SYNOPSIS

9        use Net::LDAP::Control;
10        use Net::LDAP::Constant qw( LDAP_CONTROL_MANAGEDSAIT );
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12        my $req_ctrl1 = Net::LDAP::Control->new( type => LDAP_CONTROL_MANAGEDSAIT );
13        my $req_ctrl2 = Net::LDAP::Control->new(
14          type     => "1.2.3.4",
15          value    => "help",
16          critical => 0
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19        $mesg = $ldap->search( @args, control => [ $req_ctrl1, $req_ctrl2 ]);
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21        my @res_ctrls = $mesg->control();
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DESCRIPTION

24       "Net::LDAP::Control" is the base-class for LDAPv3 control objects.
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26       Controls provide a mechanism that allows one to extend the semantics
27       and arguments of LDAP operations.  Controls may be attached to LDAP
28       operations, and only affect the semantics of the operation they are
29       attached to.
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31       Controls sent by clients are termed request controls, and are set using
32       the "control" option of the respective LDAP operations.  Controls sent
33       by servers are called response controls, they can be found using the
34       control() method of the response message objects.
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36       Servers announce the controls they support in the attribute
37       "supportedControls" in their RootDSE.
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CONSTRUCTORS

40       new ( ARGS )
41           ARGS is a list of name/value pairs, valid arguments are:
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43           critical
44               A Boolean value, if TRUE and the control is unrecognized by the
45               server or is inappropriate for the requested operation then the
46               server will return an error and the operation will not be
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49               If FALSE and the control is unrecognized by the server or is
50               inappropriate for the requested operation then the server will
51               ignore the control and perform the requested operation as if
52               the control was not given.
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54               If absent, FALSE is assumed.
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56           type
57               A dotted-decimal representation of an OBJECT IDENTIFIER which
58               uniquely identifies the control. This prevents conflicts
59               between control names.
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61               This may be omitted if the constructor is being called on a
62               sub-class of Net::LDAP::Control which has registered to be
63               associated with an OID.  If the constructor is being called on
64               the Net::LDAP::Control package, then this argument must be
65               given.  If the given OID has been registered by a package, then
66               the returned object will be of the type registered to handle
67               that OID.
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69           value
70               Optional information associated with the control. Its format is
71               specific to the particular control.
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73       from_asn ( ASN )
74           ASN is a HASH reference, normally extracted from a PDU. It will
75           contain a "type" element and optionally "critical" and "value"
76           elements. On return ASN will be blessed into a package. If "type"
77           is a registered OID, then ASN will be blessed into the registered
78           package, if not then ASN will be blessed into Net::LDAP::Control.
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80           This constructor is used internally by Net::LDAP and assumes that
81           HASH passed contains a valid control. It should be used with
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METHODS

85       In addition to the methods listed below, each of the named parameters
86       to "new" is also available as a method. "type" will return the OID of
87       the control object. "value" and "critical" are set/get methods and will
88       return the current value for each attribute if called without
89       arguments, but may also be called with arguments to set new values.
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91       error ()
92           If there has been an error returns a description of the error,
93           otherwise it will return "undef"
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95       init ()
96           "init" will be called as the last step in both constructors. What
97           it does will depend on the sub-class. It must always return the
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100       register ( OID )
101           "register" is provided for sub-class implementors. It should be
102           called as a class method on a sub-class of Net::LDAP::Control with
103           the OID that the class will handle. Net::LDAP::Control will
104           remember this class and OID pair and use it in the following
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107           •   "new" is called as a class method on the Net::LDAP::Control
108               package and OID is passed as the type. The returned object will
109               be blessed into the package that registered the OID.
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111           •   "new" is called as a class method on a registered package and
112               the "type" is not specified. The "type" will be set to the OID
113               registered by that package.
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115           •   "from_asn" is called to construct an object from ASN. The
116               returned object will be blessed into the package which was
117               registered to handle the OID in the ASN.
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119       ( to_asn )
120           Returns a structure suitable for passing to Convert::ASN1 for
121           encoding. This method will be called by Net::LDAP when the control
122           is used.
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124           The base class implementation of this method will call the "value"
125           method without arguments to allow a sub-class to encode it's value.
126           Sub-classes should not need to override this method.
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128       valid ()
129           Returns true if the object is valid and can be encoded. The default
130           implementation for this method is to return TRUE if there is no
131           error, but sub-classes may override that.
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AUTHOR

147       Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>
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149       Please report any bugs, or post any suggestions, to the perl-ldap
150       mailing list <perl-ldap@perl.org>
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COPYRIGHT

153       Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Graham Barr. All rights reserved. This program
154       is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
155       same terms as Perl itself.
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