001/*
002 * Copyright 2009-2024 Ping Identity Corporation
003 * All Rights Reserved.
004 */
005/*
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007 *
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020/*
021 * Copyright (C) 2009-2024 Ping Identity Corporation
022 *
023 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
024 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPLv2 only)
025 * or the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPLv2.1 only)
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027 *
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035 */
036package com.unboundid.ldap.protocol;
037
038
039
040import java.io.Serializable;
041
042import com.unboundid.asn1.ASN1Buffer;
043import com.unboundid.asn1.ASN1Element;
044import com.unboundid.util.InternalUseOnly;
045import com.unboundid.util.NotExtensible;
046import com.unboundid.util.NotNull;
047import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafety;
048import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafetyLevel;
049
050
051
052/**
053 * This interface defines a set of methods that should be implemented by all
054 * types of LDAP protocol ops.
055 */
056@InternalUseOnly()
057@NotExtensible()
058@ThreadSafety(level=ThreadSafetyLevel.INTERFACE_NOT_THREADSAFE)
059public interface ProtocolOp
060       extends Serializable
061{
062  /**
063   * Retrieves the BER type for this protocol op.
064   *
065   * @return  The BER type for this protocol op.
066   */
067  byte getProtocolOpType();
068
069
070
071  /**
072   * Encodes this protocol op to an ASN.1 element suitable for inclusion in an
073   * encoded LDAP message.
074   *
075   * @return  The ASN.1 element containing the encoded protocol op.
076   */
077  @NotNull()
078  ASN1Element encodeProtocolOp();
079
080
081
082  /**
083   * Writes an ASN.1-encoded representation of this LDAP protocol op to the
084   * provided ASN.1 buffer.  This method is intended for internal use only and
085   * should not be used by third-party code.
086   *
087   * @param  buffer  The ASN.1 buffer to which the encoded representation should
088   *                 be written.
089   */
090  void writeTo(@NotNull ASN1Buffer buffer);
091
092
093
094  /**
095   * Appends a string representation of this LDAP protocol op to the provided
096   * buffer.
097   *
098   * @param  buffer  The buffer to which the string representation should be
099   *                 appended.
100   */
101  void toString(@NotNull StringBuilder buffer);
102}