org.opends.server.tools

Class LDIFDiff

java.lang.Object

org.opends.server.tools.LDIFDiff

public class LDIFDiff
extends Object

This class provides a program that may be used to determine the differences between two LDIF files, generating the output in LDIF change format. There are several things to note about the operation of this program:

• This program is only designed for cases in which both LDIF files to be compared will fit entirely in memory at the same time.
• This program will only compare live data in the LDIF files and will ignore comments and other elements that do not have any real impact on the way that the data is interpreted.
• The differences will be generated in such a way as to provide the maximum amount of information, so that there will be enough information for the changes to be reversed (i.e., it will not use the "replace" modification type but only the "add" and "delete" types, and contents of deleted entries will be included as comments).

Note that this is only an option for cases in which both LDIF files can fit in memory. Also note that this will only compare live data in the LDIF files and will ignore comments and other elements that do not have any real impact on the way that the data is interpreted.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LDIFDiff()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	main(String[] args) Provides the command line arguments to the mainDiff method so that they can be processed.
static int	mainDiff(String[] args, boolean serverInitialized, OutputStream outStream, OutputStream errStream) Parses the provided command line arguments and performs the appropriate LDIF diff operation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LDIFDiff

public LDIFDiff()

Method Detail

main

public static void main(String[] args)

Provides the command line arguments to the mainDiff method so that they can be processed.

Parameters:

args - The command line arguments provided to this program.

mainDiff

public static int mainDiff(String[] args,
           boolean serverInitialized,
           OutputStream outStream,
           OutputStream errStream)

Parses the provided command line arguments and performs the appropriate LDIF diff operation.

Parameters:

args - The command line arguments provided to this program.

serverInitialized - Indicates whether the Directory Server has already been initialized (and therefore should not be initialized a second time).

outStream - The output stream to use for standard output, or null if standard output is not needed.

errStream - The output stream to use for standard error, or null if standard error is not needed.

Returns:

The return code for this operation. A value of zero indicates that all processing completed successfully. A nonzero value indicates that some problem occurred during processing.