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Re: Java LDAP API
Steven Merrill wrote:
> The section "4.3.5 getAttribute" contains definitions for two getAttribute
> methods. The second definition is written as:
>
> public LDAPAttribute[] getAttribute(String attrName, String lang)
>
> Returns a single best-match attribute, or none if no match is
> available in the entry.
>
> =========
> If the method returns a "single" best-match attribute, why is it
> returned in LDAPAttribute[] instead of LDAPAttribute?
>
> Is it possible to return multiple LDAPAttributes? If so, what example
> would show that behavior?
>
Typo - it should be
public LDAPAttribute getAttribute(String attrName, String lang)
>
> =========
> Shouldn't the description read:
>
> Returns a single best-match attribute, or null if no match is
> available in the entry.
>
Yes.
>
> =========
> The last word "specification" needs to be made plural in the parameter
> definition of lang:
>
> lang A language specification as in [9], with optional
> subtypes appended using "-" as separator. "lang-
> en", "lang-en-us", "lang-ja", and "lang-ja-JP-
> kanji" are valid language specifications.
OK
Rob