com.netscape.jndi.ldap.controls

Class LdapSortResponseControl

Implemented Interfaces:
Control

public class LdapSortResponseControl
extends LDAPSortControl
implements Control

The LDAP server sends back a sort response control to indicate the result of the sorting operation. (The OID for this control is 1.2.840.113556.1.4.474.)

This control contains:

To parse this control, use the parseResponse method.

The following table lists what kinds of results to expect from the LDAP server under different situations:

Does the Server Support the Sorting Control?Is the Sorting Control Marked As Critical?Other ConditionsResults from LDAP Server
No Yes None
  • The server does not send back any entries.
  • An LDAPException.UNAVAILABLE_CRITICAL_EXTENSION exception is thrown.
No None
  • The server ignores the sorting control and returns the entries unsorted.

Yes Yes The server cannot sort the results using the specified sort key list.
  • The server does not send back any entries.
  • An LDAPException.UNAVAILABLE_CRITICAL_EXTENSION exception is thrown.
  • The server sends back the sorting response control, which specifies the result code of the sort attempt and (optionally) the attribute type that caused the error.
No
  • The server returns the entries unsorted.
  • The server sends back the sorting response control, which specifies the result code of the sort attempt and (optionally) the attribute type that caused the error.
N/A (could either be marked as critical or not) The server successfully sorted the entries.
  • The server sends back the sorted entries.
  • The server sends back the sorting response control, which specifies the result code of the sort attempt (LDAPException.SUCCESS).
The search itself failed (for any reason).
  • The server sends back a result code for the search operation.
  • The server does not send back the sorting response control.

See Also:
LdapSortKey, LdapSortControl

Method Summary

byte[]
getEncodedValue()
Retrieves the ASN.1 BER encoded value of the LDAP control.
String
getFailedAttribute()
Get the first attribute type from the sort key list that resulted in an error
int
getResultCode()
Return the sort result code
NamingException
getSortException()
Return corresponding NamingException for the sort error code

Method Details

getEncodedValue

public byte[] getEncodedValue()
Retrieves the ASN.1 BER encoded value of the LDAP control. Null is returned if the value is absent.
Returns:
A possibly null byte array representing the ASN.1 BER encoded value of the LDAP control.

getFailedAttribute

public String getFailedAttribute()
Get the first attribute type from the sort key list that resulted in an error
Returns:
Attribute name that resulted in an error

getResultCode

public int getResultCode()
Return the sort result code
Returns:
The sort result code

getSortException

public NamingException getSortException()
Return corresponding NamingException for the sort error code
Returns:
NamingException for the sort error code