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And AdministrativePoint is an entry in the DIT which is associated with some AdministrativeArea. In ApacheDS we support 4 different kind of roles : +

An AdministrativePoint is an entry in the DIT which is associated with some AdministrativeArea. In ApacheDS we support 4 different kind of roles : * ACI * Collective Attributes * SubSchema Added: websites/staging/directory/trunk/content/api/user-guide/6.4-attribute-type.html ============================================================================== --- websites/staging/directory/trunk/content/api/user-guide/6.4-attribute-type.html (added) +++ websites/staging/directory/trunk/content/api/user-guide/6.4-attribute-type.html Wed Jul 31 09:58:28 2013 @@ -0,0 +1,271 @@ + + + + + 6.4 - AttributeType — Apache Directory + + + + + + + + + + + + +

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6.4 - AttributeType

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The AttributeType is one of the most important schema element. It describes what can be stored into an Entry, its syntax, and the various rules that are to be followed when searching for an associated value.

AttributeType are immutable objects, created from the schema, and never changed. One can add a new AttributeType, or delete itfrom the schema, but once it's added to the schema, it can't be modified.

Usually, we just use them.

Description

An AttributeType contains the following informations :

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Value	Description	optional
OID	An unique Oid for the AttributeType	no
NAME	some names, the fist one being considered as the short name.	yes
DESCR	A textual description describing the AttributeType role.	yes
OBSOLETE	A flag indicating if the AttributeType is deprecated	yes
SUP	The AttributeType it inherit from	yes (If SYNTAX is null, can't be null)
EQUALITY	The EQUALITY MatchingRule	yes (if null, and if SUP is not null, takes its SUP's value)
ORDERING	The ORDERING MatchingRule	yes (if null, and if SUP is not null, takes its SUP's value)
SUBSTR	The SUBSTR MatchingRule	yes (if null, and if SUP is not null, takes its SUP's value)
SYNTAX	The Syntax to follow	yes (If SUP is null, can't be null)
SINGLE-VALUE	Tells that the AttributeType does not allow more than one value	yes
COLLECTIVE	Define a collective attribute. The AttributeType USAGE must be userApplications	yes
NO-USER-MODIFICATION	Tells that the values can't be modified by the user. The AttributeType USAGE must be operational	yes
USAGE	The kind of AttributeType : one of {userApplications, directoryOperation, directoryOperation, directoryOperation}	yes
extensions	Server specific parameters	yes

An AttributeType has some default elements : it's not OBSOLETE, has no SUP, is not SINGLE-VALUE, is not COLLECTIVE, can be modified by the user, and has an userApplications USAGE.

You can check some of those elements using the following methods :

* isAncestorOf( AttrbuteType ) : tells if the current _AttributeType_ is the ancestor of another one
+* isCollective() : tells if the current _AttributeType_ is a collective attribute
+* isDescendantOf( AttributeType ) : tells if the current _AttributeType_ inherits from another one
+* isOperational() : tells if the current _AttributeType_ is an Operational Attribute
+* isSingleValued() : tells if the current _AttributeType_ does not allow more than one value
+* isUser() : tells if the current _AttributeType_ is a User Application _AttributeType_
+* isUserModifiable() : tells if the _Attributes_ usng this _AttributeType_ can be modified on the server
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6.4 - AttributeType

Description