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027package com.unboundid.directory.sdk.common.operation;
028
029
030
031import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.ReadOnlyCompareRequest;
032import com.unboundid.util.ByteString;
033import com.unboundid.util.NotExtensible;
034import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafety;
035import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafetyLevel;
036
037
038
039/**
040 * This interface defines a set of methods which may be used to interact with a
041 * compare request.
042 */
043@NotExtensible()
044@ThreadSafety(level=ThreadSafetyLevel.INTERFACE_NOT_THREADSAFE)
045public interface CompareRequest
046       extends Request
047{
048  /**
049   * Retrieves the DN of the entry to compare.
050   *
051   * @return  The DN of the entry to compare.
052   */
053  String getDN();
054
055
056
057  /**
058   * Retrieves the name or OID of the attribute to compare.
059   *
060   * @return  The name or OID of the attribute to compare.
061   */
062  String getAttributeType();
063
064
065
066  /**
067   * Retrieves the assertion value to compare against the values of the target
068   * attribute.
069   *
070   * @return  The assertion value to compare against the values of the target
071   *          attribute.
072   */
073  ByteString getAssertionValue();
074
075
076
077  /**
078   * Retrieves an LDAP SDK representation of this compare request.
079   *
080   * @return  An LDAP SDK representation of this compare request.
081   */
082  ReadOnlyCompareRequest toLDAPSDKRequest();
083}