Thanks Emmanuel,
If combine it into the following I can get what appears to be complete list
String attrIds[] = {"1.1","+","*"};
SearchControls searchCtls = new SearchControls();
searchCtls.setSearchScope(SearchControls.SUBTREE_SCOPE);
searchCtls.setReturningAttributes(attrIds);
Regards
suneet
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Emmanuel Lécharny <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 3/25/11 11:44 PM, Suneet Shah wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> thanks for providing the link below. According to the link it says that I
>> need to specify the list of operational attributes in order to be able to
>> obtain the values for them.
>> Is there a way to programatically determine the list of attributes that
>> are
>> available for an object so that dynamically build that list?
>>
>
> You can pass the '+' special attribute, in combinaison to the special '1.1'
> attribute, to get the list of available operational attributes, and only
> those (excluding the values). Then you can select the ones that you want the
> values for, and resend a request with the specific attributes.
>
> Keep in mind that Operational attributes are not associated with an
> ObjectClass. They are also specific to a server, except a few ones that are
> mandatory whatever the Ldap server you will address.
>
> Bottom line, you'd better know which Op Attr you want to manipulate, and
> you also have to understand that most of them are purely for the server
> internal use.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Cordialement,
> Emmanuel Lécharny
> www.iktek.com
>
>
