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Chapter 5
Front-End API Functions
The Netscape Directory Server (Directory Server) provides some general-purpose,
front-end API functions that allow you to work with the entries in the Directory
Server. This chapter explains how to use the front-end API functions to accomplish
various tasks; you can call these functions in your plug-in to interact with the client
(for example, send results or result codes), log messages, and work with entries,
attributes, and filters. While all of the functions described here must be used in
conjunction with other API functions, understanding how these functions work
will help you understand how to program other plug-in API functions.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Logging Messages
• Adding Notes to Access Log Entries
• Sending Data to the Client
• Determining if an Operation Was Abandoned
• Working with Entries, Attributes, and Values
• Working with DNs and RDNs
• Working with Search Filters
• Checking Passwords
The front-end functions are declared in the
slapi-plugin.h
header file.