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package com.netscape.certsrv.dbs;

import java.util.Enumeration;

import netscape.ldap.LDAPAttributeSet;

import com.netscape.certsrv.base.EBaseException;

/**
 * An interface represents an attribute mapper. A mapper
 * has knowledge on how to convert a db attribute into
 * zero or more LDAP attribute, and vice versa.
 * <P>
 *
 * @version $Revision$, $Date$
 */
public interface IDBAttrMapper {

    /**
     * Retrieves a list of LDAP attributes that are used
     * in the mapper. By having this, the framework can
     * provide search on selective attributes.
     *
     * @return a list of supported attribute names
     */
    public Enumeration<String> getSupportedLDAPAttributeNames();

    /**
     * Maps object attribute into LDAP attributes.
     *
     * @param parent parent object where the object comes from
     * @param name name of db attribute
     * @param obj object itself
     * @param attrs LDAP attribute set where the result should be stored
     * @exception EBaseException failed to map object
     */
    public void mapObjectToLDAPAttributeSet(IDBObj parent,
            String name, Object obj, LDAPAttributeSet attrs)
            throws EBaseException;

    /**
     * Maps LDAP attributes into object, and puts the object
     * into 'parent'.
     *
     * @param attrs LDAP attribute set
     * @param name name of db attribute to be processed
     * @param parent parent object where the object should be added
     * @exception EBaseException failed to map object
     */
    public void mapLDAPAttributeSetToObject(LDAPAttributeSet attrs,
            String name, IDBObj parent) throws EBaseException;

    /**
     * Maps search filters into LDAP search filter.
     *
     * @param name name of db attribute
     * @param op filte operation (i.e. "=", ">=")
     * @param value attribute value
     * @exception EBaseException failed to map filter
     */
    public String mapSearchFilter(String name, String op,
            String value) throws EBaseException;
}