Removes the specific value from the named LDAP attribute - Java javax.naming.directory

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Description

Removes the specific value from the named LDAP attribute

Demo Code

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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.naming.Context;
import javax.naming.NameNotFoundException;
import javax.naming.NamingEnumeration;
import javax.naming.NamingException;
import javax.naming.directory.Attribute;
import javax.naming.directory.Attributes;
import javax.naming.directory.BasicAttribute;
import javax.naming.directory.BasicAttributes;
import javax.naming.directory.DirContext;
import javax.naming.directory.InitialDirContext;
import javax.naming.directory.SearchControls;
import javax.naming.directory.SearchResult;

public class Main{
    private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(LDAPUtils.class
            .getName());
    /**
     * Removes the specific value from the named attribute
     * 
     * @param ctx
     *            DirContext
     * @param dn
     *            String
     * @param name
     *            String
     * @param value
     *            String
     * @throws BackendException
     */
    public static void deleteAttribute(String dn, String name,
            String value, DirContext ctx) throws BackendException {

        try {

            ctx.modifyAttributes(dn, DirContext.REMOVE_ATTRIBUTE,
                    new BasicAttributes(name, value));
        } catch (NamingException e) {
            throw new BackendException(e.getMessage());
        }
    }
    /**
     * Removes all values from the named attribute
     * 
     * @param ctx
     *            DirContext
     * @param dn
     *            String
     * @param name
     *            String
     * 
     */
    public static void deleteAttribute(String dn, String name,
            DirContext ctx) {

        try {

            BasicAttributes basicAttributes = new BasicAttributes();
            basicAttributes.put(new BasicAttribute(name));
            ctx.modifyAttributes(dn, DirContext.REMOVE_ATTRIBUTE,
                    basicAttributes);
        } catch (NamingException e) {
            logger.info("Name not found " + name);
        }
    }
    /**
     * 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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