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New features in JDK 5.0 and JDK 6
Paged Results Control
BasicControl
The
javax.naming.ldap.BasicControl which implements the
javax.naming.ldap.Control
serves as a base implementation for extending other controls.
Paged Results Control
The paged results control is useful for LDAP clients which
want to receive search results in a controlled manner limited
by the page size.
The page size can be configured by the client as per the availability
of its resources, like bandwidth and the processing capability.
The server uses a cookie (similar to the HTTP session cookie mechanism)
to maintain the state of the search requests in order to track the
results being sent to the client.
The paged results control is specified in
RFC 2696.
The classes below provide the functionality required to support
paged results control.
How to use Paged Results Control?
The example below illustrates the client-server interaction
between a client doing a search requesting a page size limit of 5.
The entire result set returned by the server contains 21 entries.
- Client sends a search request asking for paged results with a page size of 5.
// Activate paged results
int pageSize = 5; // 5 entries per page
byte[] cookie = null;
int total;
ctx.setRequestControls(new Control[]{
new PagedResultsControl(pageSize, Control.CRITICAL) });
// Perform the search
NamingEnumeration results =
ctx.search("", "(objectclass=*)", new SearchControls());
- The server responds with entries plus an indication
of 21 total entries in the search result and an opaque
cookie to be used by the client when retrieving subsequent
pages.
// Iterate over a batch of search results sent by the server
while (results != null && results.hasMore()) {
// Display an entry
SearchResult entry = (SearchResult)results.next();
System.out.println(entry.getName());
// Handle the entry's response controls (if any)
if (entry instanceof HasControls) {
// ((HasControls)entry).getControls();
}
}
// Examine the paged results control response
Control[] controls = ctx.getResponseControls();
if (controls != null) {
for (int i = 0; i < controls.length; i++) {
if (controls[i] instanceof PagedResultsResponseControl) {
PagedResultsResponseControl prrc =
(PagedResultsResponseControl)controls[i];
total = prrc.getResultSize();
cookie = prrc.getCookie();
} else {
// Handle other response controls (if any)
}
}
}
- Client sends an identical search request, returning the opaque cookie, asking for
the next page.
// Re-activate paged results
ctx.setRequestControls(new Control[]{
new PagedResultsControl(pageSize, cookie, Control.CRITICAL) });
- Server responds with five entries plus an indication
that there are more entries
The client repeats the search performed in step 4 until a null cookie is returned
by the server, which indicates no more entries to be sent by the server.
The complete JNDI example can be found here.
Note:
The Paged Search Control is supported by the Windows Active Directory Server.
It's not supported by the Sun Java Directory Server version 5.2
