com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.ReadOnlyDeleteRequest Maven / Gradle / Ivy
/*
* Copyright 2007-2019 Ping Identity Corporation
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*/
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* Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Ping Identity Corporation
*
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*
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*/
package com.unboundid.ldap.sdk;
import com.unboundid.ldif.LDIFDeleteChangeRecord;
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
* delete request without altering its contents. This interface must not be
* implemented by any class other than {@link DeleteRequest}.
*
* 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 ReadOnlyDeleteRequest
extends ReadOnlyLDAPRequest
{
/**
* Retrieves the DN of the entry to delete.
*
* @return The DN of the entry to delete.
*/
String getDN();
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*/
@Override()
DeleteRequest duplicate();
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*/
@Override()
DeleteRequest duplicate(Control[] controls);
/**
* Retrieves an LDIF delete change record with the contents of this delete
* request.
*
* @return An LDIF delete change record with the contents of this delete
* request.
*/
LDIFDeleteChangeRecord toLDIFChangeRecord();
/**
* Retrieves a string array whose lines contain an LDIF representation of the
* corresponding delete change record.
*
* @return A string array whose lines contain an LDIF representation of the
* corresponding delete change record.
*/
String[] toLDIF();
/**
* Retrieves an LDIF string representation of this delete request.
*
* @return An LDIF string representation of this delete request.
*/
String toLDIFString();
}