Net::LDAP::Control::PersistentSearch - LDAPv3 Persistent Search control object

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
CONSTRUCTOR ARGUMENTS
METHODS
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
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SYNOPSIS

use Net::LDAP;
use Net::LDAP::Control::PersistentSearch;

$ldap = Net::LDAP->new( "ldap.mydomain.eg" );

$persist = Net::LDAP::Control::PersistentSearch->new( changeTypes => 15,
                                                      changesOnly => 1,
                                                      returnECs => 1 );

$srch = $ldap->search( base     => "cn=People,dc=mydomain,dc=eg",
                       filter   => "(objectClass=person)",
                       callback => \&process_entry, # call for each entry
                       control  => [ $persist ] );

die "error: ",$srch->code(),": ",$srch->error()  if ($srch->code());

sub process_entry {
  my $message = shift;
  my $entry = shift;

  print $entry->dn()."\n";

  # reduce memory usage
  $message->pop_entry();
}

DESCRIPTION

Net::LDAP::Control::PersistentSearch provides an interface for the creation and manipulation of objects that represent the PersistentSearch control as described by draft-smith-psearch-ldap-03.txt.

CONSTRUCTOR ARGUMENTS

In addition to the constructor arguments described in Net::LDAP::Control the following are provided.

changeTypes

An integer value determining the types of changes to look out for. It is the bitwise OR of the following values (which represent the LDAP operations indicated next to them):

1 = add
2 = delete
4 = modify
8 = modDN

If it is not given it defaults to 15 meaning all changes.

changesOnly

A Boolean value telling whether the server may return entries that match the search criteria.

If TRUE the server must not return any existing entries that match the search criteria. Entries are only returned when they are changed (added, modified, deleted, or subject to a modifyDN operation)

returnECs

If TRUE, the server must return an Entry Change Notification control with each entry returned as the result of changes.

See Net::LDAP::Control::EntryChange for details.

METHODS

As with Net::LDAP::Control each constructor argument described above is also available as a method on the object which will return the current value for the attribute if called without an argument, and set a new value for the attribute if called with an argument.

AUTHOR

Peter Marschall <[email protected]>, based on Net::LDAP::Control::Page from Graham Barr <[email protected]> and the preparatory work of Don Miller <[email protected]>.

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