Package com.unboundid.ldif

Interface LDIFReaderChangeRecordTranslator

All Known Subinterfaces:

LDIFChangeRecordTransformation

All Known Implementing Classes:

AggregateLDIFReaderChangeRecordTranslator, ExcludeAttributeTransformation, ExcludeChangeTypeTransformation, MoveSubtreeTransformation, RedactAttributeTransformation, RenameAttributeTransformation, ScrambleAttributeTransformation

@Extensible
@ThreadSafety(level=INTERFACE_THREADSAFE)
public interface LDIFReaderChangeRecordTranslator

This interface is used by the LDIFReader to translate change records read from the input or filter them out before they are returned via LDIFReader.readChangeRecord().

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
LDIFChangeRecord	translate(LDIFChangeRecord original, long firstLineNumber)	Applies some special transformation or filtering to the original change record.

Method Details

translate

@Nullable
LDIFChangeRecord translate(@NotNull
 LDIFChangeRecord original,
 long firstLineNumber)
                    throws LDIFException

Applies some special transformation or filtering to the original change record.

Parameters:

original - The original change record that was read and parsed from the input file.

firstLineNumber - The first line number of the LDIF change record. This is most useful when throwing an LDIFException.

Returns:

The LDIF change record that should be returned in the call to LDIFReader.readChangeRecord(). This can be the original parameter change record, a newly constructed change record, or null to signal that the provided change record should be skipped.

Throws:

LDIFException - If there is an exception during processing. This exception will be re-thrown to the caller of readChangeRecord.