ldap_get_values, ldap_get_values_len, ldap_count_values — LDAP attribute value handling routines
#include <ldap.h>
char **ldap_get_values( |
LDAP *ld, |
| LDAPMessage *entry, | |
char *attr); |
struct berval **ldap_get_values_len( |
LDAP *ld, |
| LDAPMessage *entry, | |
char *attr); |
int ldap_count_values( |
char **vals); |
int ldap_count_values_len( |
struct berval **vals); |
void ldap_value_free( |
char **vals); |
void ldap_value_free_len( |
struct berval **vals); |
These routines are used to retrieve and manipulate
attribute values from an LDAP entry as returned by ldap_first_entry(3) or
ldap_next_entry(3).
ldap_get_values() takes the
entry and the
attribute attr whose
values are desired and returns a NULL-terminated array of the
attribute's values. attr may be an attribute type
as returned from ldap_first_attribute(3) or
ldap_next_attribute(3), or
if the attribute type is known it can simply be given.
The number of values in the array can be counted by
calling ldap_count_values(). The array
of values returned can be freed by calling ldap_value_free().
If the attribute values are binary in nature, and thus not
suitable to be returned as an array of char *'s, the
ldap_get_values_len() routine
can be used instead. It takes the same parameters as
ldap_get_values(), but returns
a NULL-terminated array of pointers to berval structures,
each containing the length of and a pointer to a value.
The number of values in the array can be counted by
calling ldap_count_values_len(). The array
of values returned can be freed by calling ldap_value_free_len().
If an error occurs in ldap_get_values() or ldap_get_values_len(), NULL is
returned and the ld_errno field
in the ld parameter
is set to indicate the error. See ldap_error(3) for a
description of possible error codes.
These routines dynamically allocate memory which the caller must free using the supplied routines.
OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project <http://www.openldap.org/>. OpenLDAP Software is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.