MESSAGE(1)

NAME
Net::LDAP::Message - Message response from LDAP server

SYNOPSIS
  use Net::LDAP;

DESCRIPTION
Net::LDAP::Message is a base class for the objects returned by the Net::LDAP methods abandon, add, bind, compare, delete, modify, moddn, search and unbind.

The sub-class Net::LDAP::Search returned by search also defines many methods.

If the Net::LDAP object is in async mode then all these methods, except `done', will cause a wait until the request is completed.

METHODS
The code value in the result message from the server. Normally for a success zero will be returned. Constants for the result codes can be imported from the Net::LDAP module. Return a list of controls returned from the server. If OID is given then only controls with type equal to OID will be returned. The DN in the result message from the server. Returns true if the request has been completed. The error message in the result message from the server. If the server did not include an error message, then the result of ldap_error_desc with the error code from the result message. Returns true if the result code is considered to be an error for the operation. The message id of the request message sent to the server. Returns a list of referrals from the result message. The error message returned by the server, or undef if the server did not provide a message. Wait for the server to complete the request.

SEE ALSO
Net::LDAP, Net::LDAP::Search, Net::LDAP::Constant, Net::LDAP::Util

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This document is based on a document originally written by Russell Fulton <r.fulton@auckland.ac.nz>.

AUTHOR
Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>

Please report any bugs, or post any suggestions, to the perl-ldap mailing list <perl-ldap-dev@lists.sourceforge.net>.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1997-2000 Graham Barr. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

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