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Summary of Data Types and Structures
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Slapi_MatchingRuleEntry
Represents a matching rule.
Syntax
#include slapi-plugin.h
typedef struct slapi_matchingRuleEntry Slapi_MatchingRuleEntry;
Description
Slapi_MatchingRuleEntry
is the data type for an opaque structure that
represents a matching rule.
The following table summarizes the front-end API functions that you can call to
work with matching rules.
Free a filter from memory
slapi_filter_free()
To do this... Call this function
Compare two berval structures to
determine if they are equal
slapi_berval_cmp()
Call the indexer function associated
with an extensible match filter
slapi_mr_filter_index()
Free the specified matching rule
structure (and optionally, its
members) from memory
slapi_matchingrule_free()
Get information about a matching
rule
slapi_matchingrule_get()
Call the indexer factory function for
the plug-in responsible for a
specified matching rule
slapi_mr_indexer_create()
Allocate memory for a new
Slapi_MatchingRuleEntry
structure
slapi_matchingrule_new()
Register the specified matching rule
with the server
slapi_matchingrule_register()
Set information about the matching
rule
slapi_matchingrule_set()
To do this... Call this function