Example usage for javax.naming.directory Attribute clone

Introduction

In this page you can find the example usage for javax.naming.directory Attribute clone.

Prototype

Object clone();

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Makes a copy of the attribute.

Usage

From source file:org.springframework.ldap.core.DirContextAdapter.java

private void collectModifications(Attribute originalAttr, Attribute changedAttr, List modificationList)
        throws NamingException {

    Attribute originalClone = (Attribute) originalAttr.clone();
    Attribute addedValuesAttribute = new BasicAttribute(originalAttr.getID());

    for (int i = 0; i < changedAttr.size(); i++) {
        Object attributeValue = changedAttr.get(i);
        if (!originalClone.remove(attributeValue)) {
            addedValuesAttribute.add(attributeValue);
        }/*from  ww w  .  j a  v  a2s.c  om*/
    }

    // We have now traversed and removed all values from the original that
    // were also present in the new values. The remaining values in the
    // original must be the ones that were removed.
    if (originalClone.size() > 0) {
        modificationList.add(new ModificationItem(DirContext.REMOVE_ATTRIBUTE, originalClone));
    }

    if (addedValuesAttribute.size() > 0) {
        modificationList.add(new ModificationItem(DirContext.ADD_ATTRIBUTE, addedValuesAttribute));
    }
}

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