remove LDAP Attribute Values - Java javax.naming.directory

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remove LDAP Attribute Values

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;

import java.util.Iterator;

import java.util.Set;

import javax.naming.NamingException;

import javax.naming.directory.BasicAttribute;
import javax.naming.directory.BasicAttributes;
import javax.naming.directory.DirContext;

public class Main {
    public static void removeAttributeValues(DirContext ctx, String dn,
            String name, ArrayList<String> values) throws NamingException {
        BasicAttributes as = new BasicAttributes();
        BasicAttribute attr = new BasicAttribute(name);
        for (Iterator<String> v = values.iterator(); v.hasNext();) {
            attr.add(v.next());
        }
        as.put(attr);
        ctx.modifyAttributes(dn, DirContext.REMOVE_ATTRIBUTE, as);
    }

    /**
     * Modifies multiple attributes.
     * 
     * @param ctx
     * @param dn
     * @param map
     * @return status of modify attempt
     */
    public static boolean modifyAttributes(DirContext ctx, String dn,
            HashMap map) throws NamingException {
        boolean modifyStatus = false;
        BasicAttributes bas = new BasicAttributes();
        Set keys = map.keySet();
        Iterator i = keys.iterator();
        Object keyName = null;
        while (i.hasNext()) {
            keyName = i.next();
            bas.put((String) keyName, (String) map.get(keyName));
        }

        ctx.modifyAttributes(dn, DirContext.REPLACE_ATTRIBUTE, bas);
        modifyStatus = true;
        return modifyStatus;
    }
}

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