01: /*
02: * Copyright 2007 Pentaho Corporation. All rights reserved.
03: * This software was developed by Pentaho Corporation and is provided under the terms
04: * of the Mozilla Public License, Version 1.1, or any later version. You may not use
05: * this file except in compliance with the license. If you need a copy of the license,
06: * please go to http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/MPL-1.1.txt. The Original Code is the Pentaho
07: * BI Platform. The Initial Developer is Pentaho Corporation.
08: *
09: * Software distributed under the Mozilla Public License is distributed on an "AS IS"
10: * basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. Please refer to
11: * the license for the specific language governing your rights and limitations.
12: */
13: package com.pentaho.security.ldap.search;
14:
15: import java.util.List;
16:
17: /**
18: * Executes a search against a directory context using the given filter
19: * arguments plus other static search parameters (in the form of instance
20: * variables) known at deploy time.
21: *
22: * <p>
23: * Can also be seen as a generalization of
24: * <code>org.acegisecurity.ldap.LdapUserSearch</code>.
25: * </p>
26: *
27: * @author mlowery
28: * @see javax.naming.directory.DirContext.search()
29: */
30: public interface LdapSearch {
31:
32: /**
33: * Executes a search against a directory context using the given filter
34: * arguments.
35: *
36: * @param filterArgs
37: * the filter arguments
38: * @return the result set as a list
39: */
40: List search(Object[] filterArgs);
41: }
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