Class LDIFWriter

LDIFWriter

public LDIFWriter(PrintWriter pw)

Constructs an LDIFWriter object to output entries to a stream as LDIF.

Parameters:

pw - output stream

LDIFWriter

public LDIFWriter(PrintWriter pw,
                  boolean attrsOnly,
                  String separator,
                  boolean foldLines,
                  boolean toFiles)

Constructs an LDIFWriter object to output entries to a stream as LDIF.

Parameters:

pw - output stream

attrsOnly - true if only attribute names, not values, are to be printed

separator - String to use between attribute names and values; the default is ":"

foldLines - true to fold lines at 77 characters, false to not fold them; the default is true.

toFiles - true to write each attribute value to a file in the temp folder, false to write them to the output stream in printable format; the default is false.

getTempFile

protected FileOutputStream getTempFile(String name)
            throws IOException

Create a unique file name in the temp folder and open an output stream to the file

Parameters:

name - base name of file; an extension is appended which consists of a number that makes the name unique

Returns:

an open output stream to the file

printString

protected void printString(String value)