org.apache.directory.api.ldap.codec.api
Class LdapDecoder

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.directory.api.ldap.codec.api.LdapDecoder

public class LdapDecoder
extends Object

The LdapDecoder decodes ASN.1 BER encoded PDUs into LDAP messages

Author:

Apache Directory Project

Field Summary

static String	MAX_PDU_SIZE_ATTR The maximum PDU size, stored into the LDAPSession's attribute
static String	MESSAGE_CONTAINER_ATTR The name of the LdapSession's attribute for the LDAP container used during the decoding

Constructor Summary

LdapDecoder()
Creates an instance of a Ldap Decoder implementation.

Method Summary

Message

decode(InputStream in, LdapMessageContainer<MessageDecorator<? extends Message>> container) Decodes a PDU from an input stream into a Ldap message container.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

MESSAGE_CONTAINER_ATTR

public static final String MESSAGE_CONTAINER_ATTR

The name of the LdapSession's attribute for the LDAP container used during the decoding

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Constant Field Values

MAX_PDU_SIZE_ATTR

public static final String MAX_PDU_SIZE_ATTR

The maximum PDU size, stored into the LDAPSession's attribute

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

LdapDecoder

public LdapDecoder()

Creates an instance of a Ldap Decoder implementation.

Method Detail

decode

public Message decode(InputStream in,
                      LdapMessageContainer<MessageDecorator<? extends Message>> container)
               throws DecoderException

Decodes a PDU from an input stream into a Ldap message container. We can only decode one complete message.

Parameters:

in - The input stream to read and decode PDU bytes from

Returns:

return The decoded message

Throws:

DecoderException