First, you must determine if your desired attribute is encumbered by the MaxValRange. Calling this method will return 0 if there is no requirement for unusual processing or any value greater than 0 will be the rangeStep required to use.
/**
* We can dynamically get the range step value if we get retrieve all attribute names. The range step will be in an attribute like: member;range=0-1499
*
* @param idv_searchldc
* @param basedn
* @param filter
* @param return_attribute
* @return
* @throws LDAPException
*/
public static int getRangeStepValue(LDAPConnection idv_searchldc, String basedn, String filter, String return_attribute) throws LDAPException
{
SearchRequest searchRequest = new SearchRequest(basedn, SearchScope.BASE, filter, SearchRequest.ALL_USER_ATTRIBUTES);
List<SearchResultEntry> rangedEntries = idv_searchldc.search(searchRequest).getSearchEntries();
for (Iterator<SearchResultEntry> iterator = rangedEntries.iterator(); iterator.hasNext();)
{
SearchResultEntry searchResultEntry = iterator.next();
Collection<Attribute> allAttribute = searchResultEntry.getAttributes();
for (Iterator<Attribute> attributeIterator = allAttribute.iterator(); attributeIterator.hasNext();)
{
Attribute attribute = attributeIterator.next();
log.debug("---> " + attribute.getName());
String rangeCheckAttribute = return_attribute + ";range=0-";
if (attribute.getName().contains(rangeCheckAttribute))
{
int rangeStep = Integer.parseInt(attribute.getName().substring(attribute.getName().lastIndexOf(rangeCheckAttribute) + rangeCheckAttribute.length()));
log.debug("Range Step is: " + rangeStep);
return rangeStep;
}
else
{
return 0; //rangebasedSearchNot Needed
}
}
}
return 0;
}
The following method will return a List<String> of all values form an Entry which is encumbered by the MaxValRange: You may need to change it to accommodate non-String values.
/**
*
* @param ldc
* @param basedn
* @param filter
* @param step
* - How can we dynamically determine the step?
* @param return_attribute
* @return
* @throws LDAPException
*/
public static List<String> getAttributeRangeBasedSearch(LDAPConnection ldc, String basedn, String filter, String return_attribute, int step) throws LDAPException
{
int initialStep = step;
List<String> allValues = new ArrayList<String>();
// initialize counter to total the group members and range values
int start = 0;
int finish = step;
boolean finallyFinished = false;
String range;
// loop through the query until we have all the results
while (!finallyFinished)
{
range = start + "-" + finish;
String currentRange = null;
if(step==0)
{
currentRange = return_attribute;
}
else
{
currentRange = return_attribute + ";Range=" + range;
}
String range_returnedAtts[] = { currentRange };
SearchRequest searchRequest = new SearchRequest(basedn, SearchScope.BASE, filter, range_returnedAtts);
List<SearchResultEntry> rangedEntries = ldc.search(searchRequest).getSearchEntries();
for (Iterator<SearchResultEntry> iterator = rangedEntries.iterator(); iterator.hasNext();)
{
SearchResultEntry searchResultEntry = iterator.next();
Collection<Attribute> allAttribute = searchResultEntry.getAttributes();
for (Iterator<Attribute> attributeIterator = allAttribute.iterator(); attributeIterator.hasNext();)
{
Attribute attribute = attributeIterator.next();
log.debug("---> " + attribute.getName());
// The last batch returns this as member;range=28500-*
if (attribute.getName().endsWith("*")||step==0)
{
currentRange = attribute.getName();
finallyFinished = true;
}
String[] attributeBatch = searchResultEntry.getAttributeValues(currentRange);
for (int i = 0; i < attributeBatch.length; i++)
{
allValues.add(attributeBatch[i]);
// log.debug("-- " + allvalues++ + " " + attribute.getName() + ":" + attributeBatch[i]);
}
}
}// for SearchResultEntry
start = finish + 1;
finish = finish + step;
}// finallyFinished
log.info("Total " + return_attribute + " Entries found: " + allValues.size() + " ( initialStep=" + initialStep + ")");
return allValues;
}