Hi Yaning, where in the server or client are we going to need this interface, iow, can you describe the usecase that requires this getIdentities(s,l) method.
(I just want to understand the need for this method before we dive into implementing it) On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Xu, Yaning <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > > > As we have discussed https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIRKRB-295 > , IdentityService.getIdentities() should be removed. However, to implement > getIdentities(int start, int limit), which returns a sorted result, I have to > get all identities from the ldap server and then sort them. Is it possible > for the Ldap server to return a sorted result for the client connection? > > > > In [1], I see a test about Page Search on client side > testPagedSearchWrongCookie(), and it uses pagedSearchControl.setSize(3) to > set the page size, the problem are: > > > > *how can I get a search result based on the start index and pageSize, > like I may use getIdentities(int start, int limit) to return a result; > > *how can I get a sorted result from the server, so that I don’t have > to get all the entries and then sort them to get the result; > > > > [1] > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/directory/apacheds/trunk/server-integ/src/test/java/org/apache/directory/server/operations/search/PagedSearchIT.java > > > > > > public List<String> getIdentities(int start, int limit) { > List<String> identities = getIdentities(); > > if (limit == -1) { > return identities; > } > > return getIdentities().subList(start, start + limit); > } > > > private List<String> getIdentities() { > List<String> identityNames = new ArrayList<>(); > EntryCursor cursor; > Entry entry; > try { > cursor = connection.search( getConfig().getString("base_dn"), > "(objectclass=*)", SearchScope.ONELEVEL, > KerberosAttribute.KRB5_PRINCIPAL_NAME_AT); > if (cursor == null) { > return null; > } > while (cursor.next()) { > entry = cursor.get(); > > identityNames.add(entry.get(KerberosAttribute.KRB5_PRINCIPAL_NAME_AT).getString()); > } > cursor.close(); > Collections.sort(identityNames); > } catch (LdapException e) { > e.printStackTrace(); > } catch (CursorException e) { > e.printStackTrace(); > } > return identityNames; > } > > > > Regards, > > > > Yaning > > > -- Kiran Ayyagari http://keydap.com
