package ldap import ( "fmt" ber "github.com/go-asn1-ber/asn1-ber" ) // CompareRequest represents an LDAP CompareRequest operation. type CompareRequest struct { DN string Attribute string Value string } func (req *CompareRequest) appendTo(envelope *ber.Packet) error { pkt := ber.Encode(ber.ClassApplication, ber.TypeConstructed, ApplicationCompareRequest, nil, "Compare Request") pkt.AppendChild(ber.NewString(ber.ClassUniversal, ber.TypePrimitive, ber.TagOctetString, req.DN, "DN")) ava := ber.Encode(ber.ClassUniversal, ber.TypeConstructed, ber.TagSequence, nil, "AttributeValueAssertion") ava.AppendChild(ber.NewString(ber.ClassUniversal, ber.TypePrimitive, ber.TagOctetString, req.Attribute, "AttributeDesc")) ava.AppendChild(ber.Encode(ber.ClassUniversal, ber.TypePrimitive, ber.TagOctetString, req.Value, "AssertionValue")) pkt.AppendChild(ava) envelope.AppendChild(pkt) return nil } // Compare checks to see if the attribute of the dn matches value. Returns true if it does otherwise // false with any error that occurs if any. func (l *Conn) Compare(dn, attribute, value string) (bool, error) { msgCtx, err := l.doRequest(&CompareRequest{ DN: dn, Attribute: attribute, Value: value}) if err != nil { return false, err } defer l.finishMessage(msgCtx) packet, err := l.readPacket(msgCtx) if err != nil { return false, err } if packet.Children[1].Tag == ApplicationCompareResponse { err := GetLDAPError(packet) switch { case IsErrorWithCode(err, LDAPResultCompareTrue): return true, nil case IsErrorWithCode(err, LDAPResultCompareFalse): return false, nil default: return false, err } } return false, fmt.Errorf("unexpected Response: %d", packet.Children[1].Tag) }