SchemaLdifExtractor (Apache LDAP API 2.1.1 API Documentation)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultSchemaLdifExtractor
```
public interface SchemaLdifExtractor
```
Extracts LDIF files for the schema repository.

Author:

Apache Directory Project

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`extractOrCopy()`	Extracts the LDIF files from a Jar file or copies exploded LDIF resources without overwriting the resources if the schema has already been extracted.
`void`	`extractOrCopy(boolean overwrite)`	Extracts the LDIF files from a Jar file or copies exploded LDIF resources.
`boolean`	`isExtracted()`	Gets whether or not the content has been extracted previously by this extractor or another into the directory file structure.

- Method Detail
  - isExtracted
```
boolean isExtracted()
```
    Gets whether or not the content has been extracted previously by this extractor or another into the directory file structure.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if extracted at least once, false otherwise
  - extractOrCopy
```
void extractOrCopy(boolean overwrite)
            throws IOException
```
    Extracts the LDIF files from a Jar file or copies exploded LDIF resources.
    
    Parameters:
    
    overwrite - over write extracted structure if true, false otherwise
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if schema already extracted and on IO errors
  - extractOrCopy
```
void extractOrCopy()
            throws IOException
```
    Extracts the LDIF files from a Jar file or copies exploded LDIF resources without overwriting the resources if the schema has already been extracted.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if schema already extracted and on IO errors