Re: Draft-ietf-ldapext-ldap-java-api-07.txt - syntaxes

[rweltman@netscape.com (Rob Weltman)]

Rob Weltman wrote:

> Steve Sonntag wrote:
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> > from the .07 draft
> >
> > > 5.2.2 getSyntax (class LDAPAttributeSchema)
> > > Returns the type of the attribute - one of cis, ces, binary, int,telephone, or dn.
> > > 5.14.3 getSyntax (class LDAPMatchingRuleSchema)
> > > Returns the type of the matching rule - one of cis, ces, binary, int, telephone, or dn.
> >
> > Should these really say something like
> >
> > Returns the syntax of the xxxx as defined in [2]
>
> Yes.

  Or rather, no! That would break backwards compatibility. It should be

getSyntaxString(class LDAPAttributeSchema)
getSyntaxString(class LDAPMatchingRuleSchema)

Rob


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