On 1/1/04 10:11 am, Graham Barr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 17 Dec 2003, at 09:06, Chris Ridd wrote:
No, because lots of stuff is hidden. Consider what you have todo today
$mesg = $ldap->delete(@args); handle_referal($mesg) if (... check for referral ..);
vs
$ldap = Net::LDAP-.new(..., referral_connect => \&my_connect)
$mesg= $ldap->delete(@args);
Where referrals are done behind the scenes using &my_connect to create
the connection
That doesn't help all that much, because the guts of handle_referal (sic) are similar to my_connect. You're just moving code around a bit.
Not completely true, but I dont have to remember to add the line handle_referal after every method call. Its all done in one place and Net::LDAP calls it if needed.
That's true.
Also, handle_referal will have to do the actual operation and insert the results into $mesg, but Net::LDAP will do that automatically. my_connect will _only_ create a connection and authenticate to the server, Net::LDAP will do everything else.
I don't have too much of an objection to all this (apart from referral should be spelled with 3 letter 'r's ;-).
:-)
It would be nice to expose this
functionality in the same way as the 'onerror' callback so it can be turned
on when required, etc.
That is the intent and why it is passed to the constructor.
Happy New Year. Graham.
