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Functions for Dealing with Filters
Chapter 15 Function Reference 353
Memory Concerns
The attribute type is returned in type and should not be freed after calling this
function. It will be freed at the same time as the
Slapi_Filter
structure when
slapi_filter_free()
is called.
See Also
slapi_filter_get_choice()
slapi_filter_get_ava()
slapi_filter_get_type()
slapi_filter_free()
slapi_filter_get_ava()
(Applies only to filters of the types
LDAP_FILTER_EQUALITY
,
LDAP_FILTER_GE
,
LDAP_FILTER_LE
,
LDAP_FILTER_APPROX
) Gets the attribute type and the value
from the filter.
Syntax
#include “slapi-plugin.h”
int slapi_filter_get_ava( Slapi_Filter *f, char **type,
struct berval **bval );
Parameters
This function takes the following parameters:
Returns
This function returns one of the following values:
• 0 if successful.
• -1 if the filter is not one of the types listed above.
f
Filter that you want to get the attribute and value from.
type
Pointer to the attribute type of the filter.
bval
Pointer to the address of the
berval
structure containing the
value of the filter.