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.IX Title "Net::LDAP::Filter 3"
.TH Net::LDAP::Filter 3 2023-07-26 "perl v5.38.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
Net::LDAP::Filter \- representation of LDAP filters
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
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\&  use Net::LDAP::Filter;
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\&  $filter = Net::LDAP::Filter\->new( $filter_str );
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
The \fBNet::LDAP::Filter\fR object lets you directly manipulate LDAP
filters without worrying about the string representation and all the
associated escaping mechanisms.
.SH CONSTRUCTOR
.IX Header "CONSTRUCTOR"
.IP "new ( [ FILTER ] )" 4
.IX Item "new ( [ FILTER ] )"
Create a new object.
If FILTER is given, parse it.
.SH METHODS
.IX Header "METHODS"
.IP "parse ( FILTER )" 4
.IX Item "parse ( FILTER )"
Parse FILTER, updating the object to represent it.
.IP as_string 4
.IX Item "as_string"
Return the filter in text form.
.IP "print ( [ FH ] )" 4
.IX Item "print ( [ FH ] )"
Print the text representation of the filter to FH, or the currently
selected output handle if FH is not given.
.IP "negate ( )" 4
.IX Item "negate ( )"
Logically negate/invert the filter object so that it matches the opposite
set of entries as the original.
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Instead of simply negating the text form by surrounding it with the \fBnot\fR
operator, the negation is done by recursively applying \fIDe Morgan's law\fR.
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Here is an example:
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\& (|(&(cn=A)(cn=B))(|(!(cn=C))(cn=D)))
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gets negated to
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\& (&(|(!(cn=A))(!(cn=B)))(&(cn=C)(!(cn=D))))
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.SH "FILTER SYNTAX"
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Below is the syntax for a filter given in RFC 4515
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4515.txt
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\& filter       = "(" filtercomp ")"
\& filtercomp   = and / or / not / item
\& and          = "&" filterlist
\& or           = "|" filterlist
\& not          = "!" filter
\& filterlist   = 1*filter
\& item         = simple / present / substring / extensible
\& simple       = attr filtertype value
\& filtertype   = equal / approx / greater / less
\& equal        = "="
\& approx       = "~="
\& greater      = ">="
\& less         = "<="
\& extensible   = attr [":dn"] [":" matchingrule] ":=" value
\&                / [":dn"] ":" matchingrule ":=" value
\& present      = attr "=*"
\& substring    = attr "=" [initial] any [final]
\& initial      = value
\& any          = "*" *(value "*")
\& final        = value
\& attr         = AttributeDescription from Section 4.1.4 of RFC 4511
\& matchingrule = MatchingRuleId from Section 4.1.8 of RFC 4511
\& value        = AttributeValue from Section 4.1.5 of RFC 4511
\&
\&
\& Special Character encodings
\& \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
\&    *               \e2a, \e*
\&    (               \e28, \e(
\&    )               \e29, \e)
\&    \e               \e5c, \e\e
\&    NUL             \e00
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
Net::LDAP,
Other online documentation
.SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
.IX Header "ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"
This document is based on a document originally written by Russell Fulton
<r.fulton@auckland.ac.nz>.
.SH AUTHOR
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>
.PP
Please report any bugs, or post any suggestions, to the perl-ldap mailing list
<perl\-ldap@perl.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright (c) 1997\-2004 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.