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* Copyright 2007-2017 UnboundID Corp.
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*/
package com.unboundid.ldap.sdk;
import com.unboundid.asn1.ASN1OctetString;
import com.unboundid.util.NotExtensible;
import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafety;
import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafetyLevel;
/**
* This interface defines a set of methods that may be safely called in an LDAP
* compare request without altering its contents. This interface must not be
* implemented by any class other than {@link CompareRequest}.
*
* This interface does not inherently provide the assurance of thread safety for
* the methods that it exposes, because it is still possible for a thread
* referencing the object which implements this interface to alter the request
* using methods not included in this interface. However, if it can be
* guaranteed that no thread will alter the underlying object, then the methods
* exposed by this interface can be safely invoked concurrently by any number of
* threads.
*/
@NotExtensible()
@ThreadSafety(level=ThreadSafetyLevel.INTERFACE_NOT_THREADSAFE)
public interface ReadOnlyCompareRequest
extends ReadOnlyLDAPRequest
{
/**
* Retrieves the DN of the entry in which the comparison is to be performed.
*
* @return The DN of the entry in which the comparison is to be performed.
*/
String getDN();
/**
* Retrieves the name of the attribute for which the comparison is to be
* performed.
*
* @return The name of the attribute for which the comparison is to be
* performed.
*/
String getAttributeName();
/**
* Retrieves the assertion value to verify within the target entry.
*
* @return The assertion value to verify within the target entry.
*/
String getAssertionValue();
/**
* Retrieves the assertion value to verify within the target entry, formatted
* as a byte array.
*
* @return The assertion value to verify within the target entry, formatted
* as a byte array.
*/
byte[] getAssertionValueBytes();
/**
* Retrieves the assertion value to verify within the target entry.
*
* @return The assertion value to verify within the target entry.
*/
ASN1OctetString getRawAssertionValue();
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*/
CompareRequest duplicate();
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*/
CompareRequest duplicate(final Control[] controls);
}