001/* 002 * Copyright 2009-2014 UnboundID Corp. 003 * All Rights Reserved. 004 */ 005/* 006 * Copyright (C) 2009-2014 UnboundID Corp. 007 * 008 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 009 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPLv2 only) 010 * or the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPLv2.1 only) 011 * as published by the Free Software Foundation. 012 * 013 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 014 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 015 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 016 * GNU General Public License for more details. 017 * 018 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 019 * along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>. 020 */ 021package com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.persist; 022 023 024 025import java.lang.annotation.ElementType; 026import java.lang.annotation.Documented; 027import java.lang.annotation.Retention; 028import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy; 029import java.lang.annotation.Target; 030 031 032 033/** 034 * This annotation type may be used to mark fields whose values should be 035 * persisted in an LDAP directory server. It should only be used for fields in 036 * classes that contain the {@link LDAPObject} annotation type. Fields marked 037 * with this annotation type must be non-final and non-static, but they may have 038 * any access modifier (including {@code public}, {@code protected}, 039 * {@code private}, or no access modifier at all indicating package-level 040 * access). The associated attribute must not be referenced by any other 041 * {@code LDAPField} annotation types. 042 */ 043@Documented() 044@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) 045@Target(value={ElementType.FIELD}) 046public @interface LDAPField 047{ 048 /** 049 * Indicates whether attempts to initialize an object should fail if the LDAP 050 * attribute has a value that cannot be stored in the associated field. If 051 * this is {@code true}, then an exception will be thrown in such instances. 052 * If this is {@code false}, then the field will remain uninitialized, and 053 * attempts to modify the corresponding entry in the directory may cause the 054 * existing values to be lost. 055 */ 056 boolean failOnInvalidValue() default true; 057 058 059 060 /** 061 * Indicates whether attempts to initialize an object should fail if the 062 * LDAP attribute has multiple values but the associated field can only hold a 063 * single value. If this is {@code true}, then an exception will be thrown in 064 * such instances. If this is {@code false}, then only the first value 065 * returned will be used, and attempts to modify the corresponding entry in 066 * the directory may cause those additional values to be lost. 067 */ 068 boolean failOnTooManyValues() default true; 069 070 071 072 /** 073 * Indicates whether this field should be included in the LDAP entry that is 074 * generated when adding a new instance of the associated object to the 075 * directory. Note that any field which is to be included in entry RDNs will 076 * always be included in add operations regardless of the value of this 077 * element. 078 */ 079 boolean inAdd() default true; 080 081 082 083 /** 084 * Indicates whether this field should be examined and included in the set of 085 * LDAP modifications if it has been changed when modifying an existing 086 * instance of the associated object in the directory. Note that any field 087 * which is to be included in entry RDNs will never be included in modify 088 * operations regardless of the value of this element. 089 */ 090 boolean inModify() default true; 091 092 093 094 /** 095 * Indicates whether the value of this field should be included in the RDN of 096 * entries created from the associated object. Any field which is to be 097 * included entry RDNs will be considered required for add operations 098 * regardless of the value of the {@link #requiredForEncode} element of this 099 * annotation type, and will be included in add operations regardless of the 100 * value of the {@link #inAdd} element. 101 */ 102 boolean inRDN() default false; 103 104 105 106 /** 107 * Indicates whether this field should be lazily-loaded, which means that the 108 * associated attribute will not be retrieved by default so this field will 109 * be uninitialized. This may be useful for attributes which are not always 110 * needed and that may be expensive to retrieve or could require a lot of 111 * memory to hold. The contents of such fields may be loaded on demand if 112 * their values are needed. Fields marked for lazy loading will never be 113 * considered required for decoding, and they must not be given default values 114 * or marked for inclusion in entry RDNs. 115 */ 116 boolean lazilyLoad() default false; 117 118 119 120 /** 121 * Indicates whether this field is required to be assigned a value in decode 122 * processing. If this is {@code true}, then attempts to initialize a Java 123 * object from an LDAP entry which does not contain a value for the associated 124 * attribute will result in an exception. 125 */ 126 boolean requiredForDecode() default false; 127 128 129 130 /** 131 * Indicates whether this field is required to have a value for encode 132 * processing. If this is {@code true}, then attempts to construct an entry 133 * or set of modifications for an object that does not have a value for this 134 * field will result in an exception. 135 */ 136 boolean requiredForEncode() default false; 137 138 139 140 /** 141 * The class that provides the logic for encoding a field to an LDAP 142 * attribute, and for initializing a field from an LDAP attribute. 143 */ 144 Class<? extends ObjectEncoder> encoderClass() 145 default DefaultObjectEncoder.class; 146 147 148 149 /** 150 * Indicates whether and under what circumstances the value of this field may 151 * be included in a search filter generated to search for entries that match 152 * the object. 153 */ 154 FilterUsage filterUsage() default FilterUsage.CONDITIONALLY_ALLOWED; 155 156 157 158 /** 159 * The name of the attribute type in which the associated field will be stored 160 * in LDAP entries. If no value is provided, then it will be assumed that the 161 * LDAP attribute name matches the name of the associated field. 162 */ 163 String attribute() default ""; 164 165 166 167 /** 168 * The string representation(s) of the default value(s) to assign to this 169 * field if there are no values for the associated attribute in the 170 * corresponding LDAP entry being used to initialize the object. If no 171 * default values are defined, then an exception will be thrown if the field 172 * is {@link #requiredForEncode}, or the field will be set to {@code null} if 173 * it is not required. 174 */ 175 String[] defaultDecodeValue() default {}; 176 177 178 179 /** 180 * The string representation(s) of the default value to use when adding an 181 * entry to the directory if this field has a {@code null} value. 182 */ 183 String[] defaultEncodeValue() default {}; 184 185 186 187 /** 188 * The name(s) of the object class(es) in which the associated attribute may 189 * be used. This is primarily intended for use in generating LDAP schema from 190 * Java object types. 191 * <BR><BR> 192 * Values may include any combination of the structural and/or auxiliary 193 * object classes named in the {@link LDAPObject} annotation type for the 194 * associated class. If no values are provided, then it will be assumed to 195 * be only included in the structural object class. 196 */ 197 String[] objectClass() default {}; 198}