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	Title		: The C LDAP Application Program Interface
	Author(s)	: C. Weider, T. Howes, M. Smith, M. Wahl, 
                          A. Herron, A. Anantha
	Filename	: draft-ietf-ldapext-ldap-c-api-00.txt
	Pages		: 60
	Date		: 16-Mar-98
	
This document defines a C language application program interface to the
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). This document replaces the
previous definition of this API, defined in RFC 1823, updating it to
include support for features found in version 3 of the LDAP protocol.
New extended operation functions were added to support LDAPv3 features
such as controls.  In addition, other LDAP API changes were made to sup-
port information hiding and thread safety.
 
The C LDAP API is designed to be powerful, yet simple to use. It defines
compatible synchronous and asynchronous interfaces to LDAP to suit a
wide variety of applications. This document gives a brief overview of
the LDAP model, then an overview of how the API is used by an applica-
tion program to obtain LDAP information.  The API calls are described in
detail, followed by an appendix that provides some example code demon-
strating the use of the API. This document provides information to the
Internet community. It does not specify any standard.

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