Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.1 - PLUG-IN Manual page 210

Summary of Data Types and Structures
To do this...
Set an RDN value in a Slapi_RDN
structure
Set an RDN in a Slapi_RDN
structure.
Set an RDN value in a Slapi_RDN
structure
Add an RDN to a DN
Slapi_UniqueID
Represents the unique identifier of a directory entry.
Syntax
#include slapi-plugin.h
typedef struct _guid_t Slapi_UniqueID;
Description
Slapi_UniqueID
unique identifier of a directory entry. All directory entries contain a unique
identifier. Unlike the distinguished name (DN), the unique identifier of an entry
never changes, providing a good way to unambiguously refer to an entry in a
distributed/replicated environment.
Slapi_Value
Represents the value of the attribute in a directory entry.
Syntax
#include slapi-plugin.h
typedef struct slapi_value Slapi_Value;
Description
Slapi_Value
an attribute in a directory entry.
The following table summarizes the front-end API functions that you can call to
work with directory entry values.
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is the data type for an opaque structure that represents the
is the data type for an opaque structure that represents the value of
Call this function
slapi_rdn_set_dn()
slapi_rdn_set_rdn()
slapi_rdn_set_sdn()
slapi_sdn_add_rdn()