Directory Operations

Search Controls

In the Search Filter section, you saw how the SearchControls argument can be used to select the attributes that are returned with entries in a search operation. You can use the search controls argument to control other aspects of the search. The available controls are listed here:

• The attributes to return
• The scope in which the search is to occur
• The maximum number of entries to return
• The maximum number of milliseconds to wait
• Whether to return the Java object associated with the entry
• Whether JNDI links are dereferenced during the search

Returning Java objects is described in the Java Objects and the Directory trail. JNDI links are described in the Beyond the Basics trail.

Directory Operations