Net::LDAP::Control::SyncRequest

Section: User Contributed Perl Documentation (3)
Updated: 2021-02-16
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NAME

Net::LDAP::Control::SyncRequest - LDAPv3 Sync Request control object

SYNOPSIS

 use Net::LDAP;
 use Net::LDAP::Control::SyncRequest;
 use Net::LDAP::Constant qw(
  LDAP_SYNC_REFRESH_ONLY
  LDAP_SYNC_REFRESH_AND_PERSIST
  LDAP_SUCCESS );

 $ldap = Net::LDAP->new( "ldap.mydomain.eg" );

 $req = Net::LDAP::Control::SyncRequest->new( mode => LDAP_SYNC_REFRESH_ONLY );
 my $mesg = $ldap->search(base=> 'dc=mydomain,dc='eg',
                          scope    => 'sub',
                          control  => [ $req ],
                          callback => \&searchCallback, # call for each entry
                          filter   => "(objectClass=*)",
                          attrs    => [ '*']);
 sub searchCallback {
   my $message = shift;
   my $entry = shift;
   my @controls = $message->control;

   if ($controls[0]->isa('Net::LDAP::Control::SyncState')) {
     print "Received Sync State Control\n";
     print $entry->dn()."\n";
     print 'State: '.$controls[0]->state."\n".', entryUUID: '.$controls[0]->entryUUID.', cookie: '.$controls[0]->cookie;
   } elsif ($controls[0]->isa('Net::LDAP::Control::SyncDone')) {
     print "Received Sync Done Control\n";
     print 'Cookie: '.$controls[0]->cookie.', refreshDeletes: '.$controls[0]->refreshDeletes;
   }
 }

DESCRIPTION

"Net::LDAP::Control::SyncRequest" provides an interface for the creation and manipulation of objects that represent the "Sync Request Control" as described by RFC 4533.

CONSTRUCTOR ARGUMENTS

In addition to the constructor arguments described in Net::LDAP::Control the following are provided.

mode
cookie
reloadHint

METHODS

As with Net::LDAP::Control each constructor argument described above is also available as a method on the object which will return the current value for the attribute if called without an argument, and set a new value for the attribute if called with an argument.

AUTHOR

Mathieu Parent <math.parent@gmail.com>

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