Slapi_Entry - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 7.0 - PLUG-IN Manual

To ...
Convert a DN to canonical format
by normalizing the case and the
format. Handle a DN in the syntax
defined by RFC 22 and RFC 1779.
To handle some syntaxes
compatible with older versions of
Directory Server, all of the syntaxes
in the above RFC's may not be
supported.
Convert a DN to canonical format
and all characters to lower case
Normalize part of a DN value
Get a copy of the DN of the parent
of an entry
Get the DN of the parent of an entry
Add an RDN to a DN
See Also
Slapi_PBlock

Slapi_Entry

Represents an entry in the directory.
Syntax
#include "slapi-plugin.h"
typedef struct slapi_entry Slapi_Entry;
Description
Slapi_Entry
the directory. In certain cases, your server plug-in may need to work with an entry
in the directory.
The following table summarizes the front-end API functions that you can call to
work with entries.
is the data type for an opaque structure that represents an entry in
Summary of Data Types and Structures
... Call this function
slapi_dn_normalize()
slapi_dn_normalize_case()
slapi_dn_normalize_to_end()
slapi_dn_beparent()
slapi_dn_parent()
slapi_dn_plus_rdn()
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