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002 * Copyright 2007-2020 Ping Identity Corporation
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004 */
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021 * Copyright (C) 2008-2020 Ping Identity Corporation
022 *
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035 */
036package com.unboundid.ldap.sdk;
037
038
039
040import com.unboundid.ldif.LDIFDeleteChangeRecord;
041import com.unboundid.util.NotExtensible;
042import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafety;
043import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafetyLevel;
044
045
046
047/**
048 * This interface defines a set of methods that may be safely called in an LDAP
049 * delete request without altering its contents.  This interface must not be
050 * implemented by any class other than {@link DeleteRequest}.
051 * <BR><BR>
052 * This interface does not inherently provide the assurance of thread safety for
053 * the methods that it exposes, because it is still possible for a thread
054 * referencing the object which implements this interface to alter the request
055 * using methods not included in this interface.  However, if it can be
056 * guaranteed that no thread will alter the underlying object, then the methods
057 * exposed by this interface can be safely invoked concurrently by any number of
058 * threads.
059 */
060@NotExtensible()
061@ThreadSafety(level=ThreadSafetyLevel.INTERFACE_NOT_THREADSAFE)
062public interface ReadOnlyDeleteRequest
063       extends ReadOnlyLDAPRequest
064{
065  /**
066   * Retrieves the DN of the entry to delete.
067   *
068   * @return  The DN of the entry to delete.
069   */
070  String getDN();
071
072
073
074  /**
075   * {@inheritDoc}
076   */
077  @Override()
078  DeleteRequest duplicate();
079
080
081
082  /**
083   * {@inheritDoc}
084   */
085  @Override()
086  DeleteRequest duplicate(Control[] controls);
087
088
089
090  /**
091   * Retrieves an LDIF delete change record with the contents of this delete
092   * request.
093   *
094   * @return  An LDIF delete change record with the contents of this delete
095   *          request.
096   */
097  LDIFDeleteChangeRecord toLDIFChangeRecord();
098
099
100
101  /**
102   * Retrieves a string array whose lines contain an LDIF representation of the
103   * corresponding delete change record.
104   *
105   * @return  A string array whose lines contain an LDIF representation of the
106   *          corresponding delete change record.
107   */
108  String[] toLDIF();
109
110
111
112  /**
113   * Retrieves an LDIF string representation of this delete request.
114   *
115   * @return  An LDIF string representation of this delete request.
116   */
117  String toLDIFString();
118}