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An Example Pre-Operation Plug-In
Writing the Plug-In Example
The following example code includes the sample pre-operation search function and
the sample initialization function.
Code Example 4-1
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include "slapi-plugin.h"
/* function prototypes */
int test_preop_init( Slapi_PBlock *pb );
int test_preop_search( Slapi_PBlock *pb );
/* Description of the plug-in */
Slapi_PluginDesc srchpdesc = { "test-search", "example.com", "0.5",
"sample pre-operation search plugin" };
/* Initialization function
This function registers your plug-in function as a
pre-operation search function in the Directory Server.
You need to specify this initialization function in the
server configuration file so that the server calls
this initialization function on startup. */
#ifdef _WIN32
__declspec(dllexport)
#endif
int
test_preop_init( Slapi_PBlock *pb )
{
/* Specify the version of the plug-in ("01" in this release ) */
if ( slapi_pblock_set( pb, SLAPI_PLUGIN_VERSION,
SLAPI_PLUGIN_VERSION_01 ) != 0 ||
/* Specify the description of the plug-in */
slapi_pblock_set( pb, SLAPI_PLUGIN_DESCRIPTION,
(void *)&srchpdesc ) != 0 ||
/* Set test_preop_search() as the function to call before
executing LDAP search operations. */
slapi_pblock_set( pb, SLAPI_PLUGIN_PRE_SEARCH_FN,
(void *) test_preop_search ) !=0 ) {
/* Log an error message and return -1 if a problem occurred */
slapi_log_error( SLAPI_LOG_PLUGIN, "test_preop_init",
"Error registering the plug-in.\n" );
return( -1 );
}
/* If successful, log a message and return 0 */
slapi_log_error( SLAPI_LOG_PLUGIN, "test_preop_init",
"Plug-in successfully registered.\n" );
return( 0 );
}
/* Pre-operation plug-in function for LDAP search operations
This function is called by the server before processing an LDAP
search operation. The function gets data about the search request
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Netscape Directory Server Plug-In Programmer's Guide • May 2002
Sample Pre-Operation Search and Initialization Functions
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