SubtreeSpecificationParser (Apache LDAP API 2.1.1 API Documentation)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.subtree.SubtreeSpecificationParser

```
public class SubtreeSpecificationParser
extends Object
```
A reusable wrapper around the antlr generated parser for an LDAP subtree specification as defined by RFC 3672. This class enables the reuse of the antlr parser/lexer pair without having to recreate the pair every time.

Author:

Apache Directory Project

See Also:

RFC 3672

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`SubtreeSpecificationParser(NormalizerMappingResolver resolver, SchemaManager schemaManager)`	Creates a normalizing subtree specification parser.
`SubtreeSpecificationParser(SchemaManager schemaManager)`	Creates a subtree specification parser.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`isNormizing()`	Tests to see if this parser is normalizing.
`SubtreeSpecification`	`parse(String spec)`	Parses a subtree specification without exhausting the parser.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - SubtreeSpecificationParser
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public SubtreeSpecificationParser(SchemaManager schemaManager)
```
    Creates a subtree specification parser.
    
    Parameters:
    
    schemaManager - The SchemaManager
  - SubtreeSpecificationParser
```
public SubtreeSpecificationParser(NormalizerMappingResolver resolver,
                                  SchemaManager schemaManager)
```
    Creates a normalizing subtree specification parser.
    
    Parameters:
    
    resolver - The resolver to use
    
    schemaManager - The SchemaManager
- Method Detail
  - parse
```
public SubtreeSpecification parse(String spec)
                           throws ParseException
```
    Parses a subtree specification without exhausting the parser.
    
    Parameters:
    
    spec - the specification to be parsed
    
    Returns:
    
    the specification bean
    
    Throws:
    
    ParseException - if there are any recognition errors (bad syntax)
  - isNormizing
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public boolean isNormizing()
```
    Tests to see if this parser is normalizing.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if it normalizes false otherwise