Chapter 11 Writing Matching Rule Plug-Ins; Understanding Matching Rules - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.02 - PLUG-IN Manual

This chapter explains how to write plug-in functions that handle matching rules.
Matching rule plug-in functions are described in the following sections:
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Understanding Matching Rules

• Understanding Matching Rule Plug-Ins
• Indexing Based on Matching Rules
• Handling Extensible Match Filters
• Writing a Destructor Function
• Writing an Initialization Function
• Registering Matching Rule Functions
• Specifying Start and Close Functions
Understanding Matching Rules
A matching rule specifies how one or more attributes of a particular syntax should
be compared against assertion values. For example, a matching rule that specifies a
"sound-alike" comparison attempts to match values that sound like the specified
value. Each matching rule is identified by a unique OID (for example, "1.2.3.4").
LDAP v3 clients can specify a matching rule as part of a search filter in a search
request. This type of search filter is called an extensible match filter.
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