NAME

Net::LDAP::Search - Object returned by Net::LDAP search method

SYNOPSIS

use Net::LDAP;

$mesg = $ldap->search( @search_args );

@entries = $mesg->entries;

DESCRIPTION

A Net::LDAP::Search object is returned from the search method of a Net::LDAP object. It is a container object which holds the results of the search.

METHODS

Net::LDAP::Search inherits from Net::LDAP::Message, and so supports all methods defined in Net::LDAP::Message.

as_struct

Returns a reference to a HASH, where the keys are the DN's of the results and the values are HASH references. These second level HASH's hold the attributes such that the keys are the attribute names, in lowercase, and the values are references to and ARRAY holding the values.

This method will block until the whole search request has finished.

count

Returns the number of entries returned by the server.

This method will block until the whole search request has finished.

entry ( INDEX )

Return the N'th entry, which will be a Net::LDAP::Entry object. If INDEX is greater than the total number of entries returned then undef will be returned.

This method will block until the search request has returned enough entries.

entries

Return an array of Net::LDAP::Entry objects hat were returned from the server.

This method will block until the whole search request has finished.

pop_entry

Pop an entry from the internal list of Net::LDAP::Entry objects for this search. If there are not more entries then undef is returned.

This call will block, if the list is empty, until the server returns another entry.

references

Return a list of references that the server returned. This will be a list of Net::LDAP::Reference objects.

sorted ( [ ATTR_LIST ] )

Return a list of Net::LDAP::Entry objects, sorted by the attributes given in ATTR_LIST. The attributes are compared in the order specified, each only being compared if all the prior attributes compare equal. If all the specified attributes compare equal then the DN is used to determine order.

shift_entry

Shift an entry from the internal list of Net::LDAP::Entry objects for this search. If there are not more entries then undef is returned.

This call will block, if the list is empty, until the server returns another entry.

SEE ALSO

Net::LDAP, Net::LDAP::Message, Net::LDAP::Entry, Net::LDAP::Reference

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This document is based on a document originally written by Russell Fulton <r.fulton@auckland.ac.nz>.

AUTHOR

Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>

Please report any bugs, or post any suggestions, to the perl-ldap mailing list <perl-ldap-dev@lists.sourceforge.net>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1997-2000 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.

$Id: Search.pod,v 1.4 2001/08/24 19:31:14 gbarr Exp $