Chapter 9 Writing Entry Store/Fetch Plug-Ins; How Entry Store/Fetch Plug-Ins Work - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.1 - PLUG-IN Manual

This chapter describes how to write entry store and entry fetch plug-ins. You can
use these types of plug-ins to invoke functions before and after data is read from
the default database.
The chapter contains the following sections:
•

How Entry Store/Fetch Plug-Ins Work

• Writing Entry Store/Fetch Functions
• Registering Entry Store/Fetch Functions
How Entry Store/Fetch Plug-Ins Work
Entry store plug-in functions are called before data is written to the database. Entry
fetch plug-in functions are called after data is read from the default database. This
processing is illustrated in Figure 9-1.
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