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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
*
* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
* License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
#include "nsISupports.idl"
/**
* This interface is a catch-all for any LDAP functionality that is needed
* in XPCOM and not provided elsewhere.
*/
[scriptable, uuid(69de6fbc-2e8c-4482-bf14-358d68b785d1)]
interface nsILDAPService : nsISupports {
/**
* Generates and returns an LDAP search filter by substituting
* aValue, aAttr, aPrefix, and aSuffix into aPattern.
*
* Exposes the functionality of ldap_create_filter() via XPCOM.
*
* There is some documentation on the filter template format
* (passed in via aPattern) here:
*
* @param aMaxSize maximum size (in char) of string to be
* created and returned (including final \0)
* @param aPattern pattern to be used for the filter
* @param aPrefix prefix to prepend to the filter
* @param aSuffix suffix to be appended to the filer
* @param aAttr replacement for %a in the pattern
* @param aValue replacement for %v in the pattern
*
* @exception NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG invalid parameter passed in
* @exception NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY allocation failed
* @exception NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE filter longer than maxsiz chars
* @exception NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED ldap_create_filter returned
* unexpected error code
*/
AUTF8String createFilter(in unsigned long aMaxSize, in AUTF8String aPattern,
in AUTF8String aPrefix, in AUTF8String aSuffix,
in AUTF8String aAttr, in AUTF8String aValue);
};