RDN(3pm)

💖 RDN(3pm) — the X500::RDN situation 💖

User Contributed Perl Documentation bestie, and today we're talking about X500::RDN — the module that handles X.500 RDNs (Relative Distinguished Names), parsing them and formatting them. She's a supporting character but she eats every time. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

X500::RDN — handle X.500 RDNs (Relative Distinguished Names), parse and format them. That's it, that's the whole job description, and she does it flawlessly. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

okay so here's the vibe, look:

use X500::RDN;

my $rdn = new X500::RDN ('c'=>'DE');
my $c = $rdn->getAttributeValue ('c');

you make one, you pull a value out of it, you move on with your day. iconic behaviour, no notes. ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This module handles X.500 RDNs (Relative Distinguished Names). It's a supporting module for X500::DN — think of her as the bestie who shows up with the aux cord and absolutely delivers. 🫶

💜 Methods 💜

• $object = new X500::RDN ('type'=>'value', 'type'=>'value', ...);

Creates an RDN object from argument pairs, where each pair is an attribute type and a value. Heads up bestie: if you pass more than one pair as arguments, you will get a multi-valued RDN. she's got range, fr fr. 💅

• $object->isMultivalued();

Returns whether the RDN is multi-valued. yes/no energy. vibe check for your RDN. ⭐

• $object->getAttributeTypes();

Returns the RDN's attribute types, as a list of strings. all of them. the whole roster. 👑

• $object->getAttributeValue (type);

Returns the RDN attribute's value. you name the type, she hands over the value. easy. 💖

• $object->getRFC2253String();

Returns the RDN as a string formatted according to RFC 2253 syntax. the classic. the standard. the moment. ✨

• $object->getX500String();

Returns the RDN as a string formatted according to X.500 syntax.

NOTE: This is a hack, there is no definition for a X.500 string syntax!? 😭 not me finding out it's held together with tape and hope. still slays though.

• $object->getOpenSSLString();

Returns the RDN as a string formatted according to one of openssl's syntaxes. Croaks on multi-valued RDNs — so if you feed her a multivalued one, she WILL make a sound. consider yourself warned, bestie. 💀

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🎀 EXPORT 🎀

None. nothing. zero. she gives you nothing for free and honestly? respect. 🙈

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💀 BUGS 💀

crickets 🦗 — there is literally nothing written here. no known bugs listed, no reports, just a beautiful empty void. so either she's perfect or nobody's checked. iykyk. 🌈

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Robert Joop <yaph-070708@timesink.de> — the legend, the main character, the one who wrote this whole thing. 🫶

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⭐ COPYRIGHT ⭐

Copyright 2002 Robert Joop. All Rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. same terms as Perl itself, periodt. 💖

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🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

• X500::DN — her supporting module era, go show some love 💜
• perl — yeah. the whole thing. the mothership. 🧚

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okay that's the whole page bestie, no cap, every last detail preserved ✨ — and this little manual page is brought to you by perl v5.36.0, dated 2022-12-12, filed under RDN(3pm). mwah, go forth and parse your RDNs. 💅🎀🦋