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package org.springframework.ldap.odm.core;
import javax.naming.Name;
import org.springframework.LdapDataEntry;
import org.springframework.ldap.filter.Filter;
/**
* The ObjectDirectoryMapper keeps track of managed class metadata and is used by
* {@link org.springframework.ldap.core.LdapTemplate} to map to/from entity objects
* annotated with the annotations specified in the
* {@link org.springframework.ldap.odm.annotations} package. Instances of this class are
* typically intended for internal use only.
*
* @author Mattias Hellborg Arthursson
* @since 2.0
*/
public interface ObjectDirectoryMapper {
/**
* Used to convert from Java representation of an Ldap Entry when writing to the Ldap
* directory
* @param entry - The entry to convert.
* @param context - The LDAP context to store the converted entry
* @throws org.springframework.ldap.NamingException on error.
*/
void mapToLdapDataEntry(Object entry, LdapDataEntry context);
/**
* Used to convert from the JNDI LDAP representation of an Entry to the Java
* representation when reading from LDAP.
* @throws org.springframework.ldap.NamingException on error.
*/
T mapFromLdapDataEntry(LdapDataEntry ctx, Class clazz);
/**
* Get the distinguished name for the specified object.
* @param entry the entry to get distinguished name for.
* @return the distinguished name of the entry.
* @throws org.springframework.ldap.NamingException on error.
*/
Name getId(Object entry);
/**
* Set the distinguished name for the specified object.
* @param entry the entry to set the name on
* @param id the name to set
* @throws org.springframework.ldap.NamingException on error.
*/
void setId(Object entry, Name id);
Name getCalculatedId(Object entry);
/**
* Use the specified search filter and return a new one that only applies to entries
* of the specified class. In effect this means padding the original filter with an
* objectclass condition.
* @param clazz the class.
* @param baseFilter the filter we want to use.
* @return the original filter, modified so that it only applies to entries of the
* specified class.
* @throws org.springframework.ldap.NamingException on error.
*/
Filter filterFor(Class clazz, Filter baseFilter);
/**
* Get the attribute corresponding to the specified field name.
* @param clazz the clazz.
* @param fieldName the field name.
* @return the attribute name.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the fieldName is not present in the class or if
* it is not mapped to an attribute.
*/
String attributeFor(Class clazz, String fieldName);
/**
* Check if the specified class is already managed by this instance; if not, check the
* metadata and add the class to the managed classes.
* @param clazz the class to manage.
* @return all relevant attribute names used in the given class (either for reading
* from LDAP or for writing to LDAP or both)
* @throws org.springframework.ldap.NamingException on error.
*/
String[] manageClass(Class clazz);
}