Package org.apache.directory.api.ldap.extras.controls.ppolicy

Interface PasswordPolicy

All Superinterfaces:

Control

All Known Implementing Classes:

PasswordPolicyDecorator, PasswordPolicyImpl

public interface PasswordPolicy
extends Control

The password policy Control interface.

Version:

$Rev$, $Date$

Author:

Apache Directory Project

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	OID	the password policy request control

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
PasswordPolicyResponse	getResponse()	Get's the response component of this control if this control carries a response.
boolean	hasResponse()	Checks whether this Control is the password policy request or the response by carrying with it an IPasswordPolicyResponse object.
PasswordPolicyResponse	setResponse(boolean hasResponse)	If true sets the response to a default newly initialized response object.
void	setResponse(PasswordPolicyResponse response)	Sets the response.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.message.Control

getOid, isCritical, setCritical

Field Detail

OID

static final String OID

the password policy request control

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

hasResponse

boolean hasResponse()

Checks whether this Control is the password policy request or the response by carrying with it an IPasswordPolicyResponse object. If it is a request, then no response component will be associated with the control: getResponse() will return null.

Returns:

true if this Control carries a response, false if it is a request

setResponse

void setResponse(PasswordPolicyResponse response)

Sets the response. If null hasResponse() will return null and this will be handled as a password policy request control rather than a response control.

Parameters:

response - a valid response object, or null to make this a request

setResponse

PasswordPolicyResponse setResponse(boolean hasResponse)

If true sets the response to a default newly initialized response object. If this was previously a request, it automatically becomes a response. If it was not a request with an already existing response object then that response is replace with a new one and the old is returned. If false then any response object set will be cleared to null. Effectively this will cause hasResponse() to return whatever you plug into it.

Parameters:

hasResponse - true to create default response, false to clear it

Returns:

the old response object, if one did not exist null is returned

getResponse

PasswordPolicyResponse getResponse()

Get's the response component of this control if this control carries a response. If hasResponse() returns true, this will return a non-null policy response object.

Returns:

a non-null policy response or null, if hasResponse() returns false