DefinitionFunction (Ldaptive 2.3.2 API)

Type Parameters:

T - type of schema element

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDefaultDefinitionFunction, AbstractRegexDefinitionFunction, AttributeType.DefaultDefinitionFunction, AttributeType.RegexDefinitionFunction, DITContentRule.DefaultDefinitionFunction, DITContentRule.RegexDefinitionFunction, DITStructureRule.DefaultDefinitionFunction, DITStructureRule.RegexDefinitionFunction, MatchingRule.DefaultDefinitionFunction, MatchingRule.RegexDefinitionFunction, MatchingRuleUse.DefaultDefinitionFunction, MatchingRuleUse.RegexDefinitionFunction, NameForm.DefaultDefinitionFunction, NameForm.RegexDefinitionFunction, ObjectClass.DefaultDefinitionFunction, ObjectClass.RegexDefinitionFunction, Syntax.DefaultDefinitionFunction, Syntax.RegexDefinitionFunction
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public interface DefinitionFunction<T extends SchemaElement>
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Marker interface for a schema definition function.

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  T parse(String definition)
  Parses the supplied string representation of a schema element.

- Method Detail
  - parse
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T parse(String definition)
 throws SchemaParseException
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    Parses the supplied string representation of a schema element.
    
    Parameters:
    
    definition - to parse
    
    Returns:
    
    parsed schema element
    
    Throws:
    
    SchemaParseException - if the supplied schema definition is invalid