Net::LDAP::Control::Sort - LDAPv3 sort control object
use Net::LDAP::Control::Sort; use Net::LDAP::Constant qw(LDAP_CONTROL_SORTRESULT);
$sort = Net::LDAP::Control::Sort->new( order => "cn -phone" );
$mesg = $ldap->search( @args, control => [ $sort ]);
($resp) = $mesg->control( LDAP_CONTROL_SORTRESULT );
print "Results are sorted\n" if $resp and !$resp->result;
Net::LDAP::Control::Sort
is a sub-class of Net::LDAP::Control.
It provides a class for manipulating the LDAP sort request control 1.2.840.113556.1.4.473
If the server supports sorting, then the response from a search operation will include a sort result control. This control is handled by the Net::LDAP::Control::SortResult manpage.
order
may be a string or a reference to an array. If it is a string it is split
on whitespace, otherwise the contents of the array is used.
Each element in the array specifies a sorting order as follows
-attributeType:orderingRule
The leading -
is optional, and if present indicates that the sorting order should
be reversed. attributeType is the attribute name to sort by. orderingRule is optional and
indicates the rule to use for the sort and should be valid for the given attributeType.
Any one attributeType should only appear once in the sorting list.
Net::LDAP::Control::Sort provides the following methods in addition to those defined by Net::LDAP::Control
order
above for a description
of the format for each element.
If no arguments are passed then a list is returned of the current ordering elements.
Net::LDAP, Net::LDAP::Control::SortResult, Net::LDAP::Control
Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>
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Copyright (c) 1999-2000 Graham Barr. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
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