public class BasicAttributes extends Object implements Attributes
BasicAttributes is either case-sensitive or case-insensitive (case-ignore). This property is determined at the time the BasicAttributes constructor is called. In a case-insensitive BasicAttributes, the case of its attribute identifiers is ignored when searching for an attribute, or adding attributes. In a case-sensitive BasicAttributes, the case is significant.
When the BasicAttributes class needs to create an Attribute, it uses BasicAttribute. There is no other dependency on BasicAttribute.
Note that updates to BasicAttributes (such as adding or removing an attribute) does not affect the corresponding representation in the directory. Updates to the directory can only be effected using operations in the DirContext interface.
A BasicAttributes instance is not synchronized against concurrent multithreaded access. Multiple threads trying to access and modify a single BasicAttributes instance should lock the object.
DirContext.getAttributes(javax.naming.Name), 
DirContext.modifyAttributes(javax.naming.Name, int, javax.naming.directory.Attributes), 
DirContext.bind(javax.naming.Name, java.lang.Object, javax.naming.directory.Attributes), 
DirContext.rebind(javax.naming.Name, java.lang.Object, javax.naming.directory.Attributes), 
DirContext.createSubcontext(javax.naming.Name, javax.naming.directory.Attributes), 
DirContext.search(javax.naming.Name, javax.naming.directory.Attributes, java.lang.String[]), 
Serialized Form| Constructor and Description | 
|---|
| BasicAttributes()Constructs a new instance of Attributes. | 
| BasicAttributes(boolean ignoreCase)Constructs a new instance of Attributes. | 
| BasicAttributes(String attrID,
               Object val)Constructs a new instance of Attributes with one attribute. | 
| BasicAttributes(String attrID,
               Object val,
               boolean ignoreCase)Constructs a new instance of Attributes with one attribute. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| Object | clone()Creates and returns a copy of this object. | 
| boolean | equals(Object obj)Determines whether this BasicAttributes is equal to another
 Attributes
 Two Attributes are equal if they are both instances of
 Attributes,
 treat the case of attribute IDs the same way, and contain the
 same attributes. | 
| Attribute | get(String attrID)Retrieves the attribute with the given attribute id from the
 attribute set. | 
| NamingEnumeration<Attribute> | getAll()Retrieves an enumeration of the attributes in the attribute set. | 
| NamingEnumeration<String> | getIDs()Retrieves an enumeration of the ids of the attributes in the
 attribute set. | 
| int | hashCode()Calculates the hash code of this BasicAttributes. | 
| boolean | isCaseIgnored()Determines whether the attribute set ignores the case of
 attribute identifiers when retrieving or adding attributes. | 
| Attribute | put(Attribute attr)Adds a new attribute to the attribute set. | 
| Attribute | put(String attrID,
   Object val)Adds a new attribute to the attribute set. | 
| Attribute | remove(String attrID)Removes the attribute with the attribute id 'attrID' from
 the attribute set. | 
| int | size()Retrieves the number of attributes in the attribute set. | 
| String | toString()Generates the string representation of this attribute set. | 
public BasicAttributes()
public BasicAttributes(boolean ignoreCase)
ignoreCase is true, the character case of attribute
 identifiers is ignored; otherwise the case is significant.ignoreCase - true means this attribute set will ignore
                   the case of its attribute identifiers
                   when retrieving or adding attributes;
                   false means case is respected.public BasicAttributes(String attrID, Object val)
attrID - non-null The id of the attribute to add.val - The value of the attribute to add. If null, a null
        value is added to the attribute.public BasicAttributes(String attrID, Object val, boolean ignoreCase)
ignoreCase is true, the character case of attribute
 identifiers is ignored; otherwise the case is significant.attrID - non-null The id of the attribute to add.
           If this attribute set ignores the character
           case of its attribute ids, the case of attrID
           is ignored.val - The value of the attribute to add. If null, a null
        value is added to the attribute.ignoreCase - true means this attribute set will ignore
                   the case of its attribute identifiers
                   when retrieving or adding attributes;
                   false means case is respected.public Object clone()
Objectx, the expression:
 will be true, and that the expression:x.clone() != x
will bex.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()
true, but these are not absolute requirements.
 While it is typically the case that:
 will bex.clone().equals(x)
true, this is not an absolute requirement.
 
 By convention, the returned object should be obtained by calling
 super.clone.  If a class and all of its superclasses (except
 Object) obey this convention, it will be the case that
 x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass().
 
 By convention, the object returned by this method should be independent
 of this object (which is being cloned).  To achieve this independence,
 it may be necessary to modify one or more fields of the object returned
 by super.clone before returning it.  Typically, this means
 copying any mutable objects that comprise the internal "deep structure"
 of the object being cloned and replacing the references to these
 objects with references to the copies.  If a class contains only
 primitive fields or references to immutable objects, then it is usually
 the case that no fields in the object returned by super.clone
 need to be modified.
 
 The method clone for class Object performs a
 specific cloning operation. First, if the class of this object does
 not implement the interface Cloneable, then a
 CloneNotSupportedException is thrown. Note that all arrays
 are considered to implement the interface Cloneable and that
 the return type of the clone method of an array type T[]
 is T[] where T is any reference or primitive type.
 Otherwise, this method creates a new instance of the class of this
 object and initializes all its fields with exactly the contents of
 the corresponding fields of this object, as if by assignment; the
 contents of the fields are not themselves cloned. Thus, this method
 performs a "shallow copy" of this object, not a "deep copy" operation.
 
 The class Object does not itself implement the interface
 Cloneable, so calling the clone method on an object
 whose class is Object will result in throwing an
 exception at run time.
clone in interface Attributesclone in class ObjectCloneablepublic boolean isCaseIgnored()
AttributesisCaseIgnored in interface Attributespublic int size()
Attributessize in interface Attributespublic Attribute get(String attrID)
Attributesget in interface AttributesattrID - The non-null id of the attribute to retrieve.
           If this attribute set ignores the character
           case of its attribute ids, the case of attrID
           is ignored.Attributes.put(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object), 
Attributes.remove(java.lang.String)public NamingEnumeration<Attribute> getAll()
AttributesgetAll in interface Attributespublic NamingEnumeration<String> getIDs()
AttributesgetIDs in interface Attributespublic Attribute put(String attrID, Object val)
Attributesput in interface AttributesattrID - non-null The id of the attribute to add.
           If the attribute set ignores the character
           case of its attribute ids, the case of attrID
           is ignored.val - The possibly null value of the attribute to add.
                 If null, the attribute does not have any values.Attributes.remove(java.lang.String)public Attribute put(Attribute attr)
Attributesput in interface Attributesattr - The non-null attribute to add.
                 If the attribute set ignores the character
                 case of its attribute ids, the case of
                 attr's identifier is ignored.Attributes.remove(java.lang.String)public Attribute remove(String attrID)
Attributesremove in interface AttributesattrID - The non-null id of the attribute to remove.
                 If the attribute set ignores the character
                 case of its attribute ids, the case of
                 attrID is ignored.public String toString()
public boolean equals(Object obj)
equals in class Objectobj - the possibly null object to compare against.hashCode()public int hashCode()
The hash code is computed by adding the hash code of the attributes of this object. If this BasicAttributes ignores case of its attribute IDs, one is added to the hash code. If a subclass overrides hashCode(), it should override equals() as well so that two Attributes instances that are equal have the same hash code.
hashCode in class Objectequals(java.lang.Object) Submit a bug or feature 
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