[jira] [Commented] (DIRSERVER-2057) Server returns search continuation only if 'ref' or '+' attributes are requested

["Emmanuel Lecharny (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Emmanuel Lecharny commented on DIRSERVER-2057:
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Whaoh... This is deep into the server : we consider that because the 'ref' attribute is operational ({{distributedOperation}} per RFC 3296), we don't return the entry as a referal if the '+' is not injected into the search.

This is absolutely wrong.

There are many use cases to consider though :
- if the {{manageDSAIT}} control is present
  - the entry will be returned as if it was not a referral, so all the attributes will be filtered as it's done currently
- if the {{manageDSAIT}} control is not present
  - if the entry is a referral, we return a {{SearchResultReference}}
  - otherwise we proceed as it's done currently

I believe the only missing part is the handling of referrals when the {{manageDSAIT}} control is not present.

> Server returns search continuation only if 'ref' or '+' attributes are requested
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>
>                 Key: DIRSERVER-2057
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIRSERVER-2057
>             Project: Directory ApacheDS
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.0-M19
>            Reporter: Stefan Seelmann
>             Fix For: 2.0.0-M20
>
>
> If the search scope includes referral entries, then the server only converts them to search continuations if the search requested '+' or 'ref' attributes, otherwise the referral entry is returned.
> In 2.0.0-M14 this was different, even if only objectClass was requested by the client the referral object was converted to a search continuation.
> Unfortunately our tests don't cover this case. 
> * SearchWithReferralsTest always requests * and +. ReferralSearchIT 
> * ReferralSearchIT.testSearchContinuations() checks ReferralException but that catch block is never reached.



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