org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.codec
Class LdapProvider

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.message.spi.Provider
      org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.codec.LdapProvider

public class LdapProvider
extends Provider

The specific BER provider for LDAP.

Author:

Apache Directory Project $Rev: 903719 $

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.message.spi.Provider

BERLIB_PROPFILE, BERLIB_PROVIDER, DEFAULT_PROVIDER, PROVIDER_MONITOR_KEY, USING_DEFAULTS_MSG

Method Summary

ProviderDecoder	getDecoder(BinaryAttributeDetector binaryAttributeDetector, int maxPDUSize) Gets the decoder associated with this provider.
ProviderEncoder	getEncoder() Gets the encoder associated with this provider.
static Provider	getProvider() Gets a handle on the singleton LdapProvider.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.message.spi.Provider

getEnvironment, getName, getProvider, getVendor

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getProvider

public static Provider getProvider()

Gets a handle on the singleton LdapProvider. Only one instance should have to be instantiated for the entire jvm.

Returns:

the singleton SnaccProvider instance

getEncoder

public ProviderEncoder getEncoder()
                           throws ProviderException

Gets the encoder associated with this provider.

Specified by:

getEncoder in class Provider

Returns:

the provider's encoder.

Throws:

ProviderException - if the provider or its encoder cannot be found

getDecoder

public ProviderDecoder getDecoder(BinaryAttributeDetector binaryAttributeDetector,
                                  int maxPDUSize)
                           throws ProviderException

Gets the decoder associated with this provider.

Specified by:

getDecoder in class Provider

Parameters:

binaryAttributeDetector - detects whether or not attributes are binary

maxPDUSize - the maximum size a PDU can be

Returns:

the provider's decoder.

Throws:

ProviderException - if the provider or its decoder cannot be found