Working with Distinguished Name(DN) strings
npm install owp.dnWorking with Distinguished Name(DN) strings in JavaScript
npm install owp.dn --savejavascript
import DN from "owp.dn";const dn = new DN("cn=Andreas Arvidsson,ou=Karlstad,o=Repill Linpro,c=Sweden");
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Represents the entire DN string.Members
* value: String containing the entire DN.
* rdns: Array containing instances of RDN in reverse order from the DN string.
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const dn = new DN("cn=Andreas,o=Repill Linpro,c=Sweden");
dn.value -> "cn=Andreas,o=Repill Linpro,c=Sweden"
dn.rdns -> [ RDN("c=Sweden"), RDN("o=Repill Linpro"), RDN("cn=Andreas") ]
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Represents a single Relative DN.Members
* attribute: String containing the entire DN.
* value: String containing the value in raw/unescaped format.
* valueEscaped: String containing the value in escaped format.
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import { RDN } from "owp.dn";
const rdn = new RDN("cn", "Arvidsson, Andreas");
rdn.attribute -> "cn"
rdn.value -> "Arvidsson, Andreas"
rdn.valueEscaped -> "Arvidsson\, Andreas"
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const dn = new DN("cn=Andreas,o=Repill Linpro,c=Sweden");
dn.length() -> 3
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const dn = new DN("cn=Andreas");
dn.equals(new DN("cn=Andreas")) -> true
dn.equals("cn=Andreas") -> true
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const dn = new DN("cn=Andreas,o=Repill Linpro");
dn.getRDN(1) -> RDN("cn=Andreas")
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const dn = new DN("cn=Andreas,o=Repill Linpro");
dn.getLastRDN() -> RDN("cn=Andreas")
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Find first RDN with the given attribute
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const dn = new DN("cn=Andreas,o=Repill Linpro");
dn.getFirstRDN("cn") -> RDN("cn=Andreas")
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Find index of first RDN with the given attribute
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const dn = new DN("cn=Andreas,o=Repill Linpro");
dn.getFirstIndex("cn") -> 1
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const dn = new DN("cn=Andreas,o=Repill Linpro");
dn.getParent() -> DN("o=Repill Linpro")
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const dn = new DN("cn=Andreas,o=Repill Linpro,c=Sweden");
dn.getParents() -> [ DN("o=Repill Linpro,c=Sweden"), DN("c=Sweden") ]
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const dn = new DN("o=Repill Linpro,c=Sweden");
dn.append("cn", "Andreas") -> DN("cn=Andreas,o=Repill Linpro,c=Sweden")
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const dn = new DN("cn=Andreas,o=Repill Linpro");
dn.toString() -> "cn=Andreas,o=Repill Linpro"
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* Used to sort a list of DNs by RDN.value
* Returns -1, 0, +1
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const dns = [
new DN("cn=Andreas,c=Sweden"),
new DN("cn=Andreas,o=Repill Linpro"),
new DN("cn=Arvidsson,o=Repill Linpro")
];
dns.sort((a, b) => a.compareTo(b));
dns -> [
DN("cn=Andreas,o=Repill Linpro"),
DN("cn=Arvidsson,o=Repill Linpro"),
DN("cn=Andreas,c=Sweden")
]
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