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Net::LDAP::Search(3)                 User Contributed Perl Documentation                Net::LDAP::Search(3)



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 DNs of the results and the values are HASH
           references. These second level HASHes hold the attributes such that the keys are the attribute
           names, in lowercase, and the values are references to an 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 that 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 no
           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 ( )
           Return a list Net::LDAP:Entry objects, sorted by their DNs.

           The sorting is done on the client side using Perl's alphanumerical sort operator "cmp".

       sorted ( ATTR, ... )
           Return a list of Net::LDAP::Entry objects, sorted by the specified attributes. The attributes are
           compared in the order specified, each only being compared if all the prior attributes compare
           equal.

           The sorting is done on the client side using Perl's alphanumerical sort operator "cmp".

       shift_entry ( )
           Shift an entry from the internal list of Net::LDAP::Entry objects for this search. If there are
           no 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@perl.org>.

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.



perl v5.8.8                                      2005-04-25                             Net::LDAP::Search(3)