<delta>

Contains the difference between two holograms.

Syntax

<delta>
  <anchor>
  </anchor>
  <primary-objectclass>
  </primary-objectclass>
  <objectclass>
  </objectclass>
  <dn-attr>
  </dn-attr>
  <attr>
  </attr>
</delta>

element

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute Type Required Description

dn

DN

yes

The distinguished name of the object.

operation

operation

yes

The type of delta. The valid values are:

none

No change to the object.

add

The delta identifies the creation of a new object when there was none before.

replace

The delta identifies either the creation of a new object, or the replacement of an existing object, including the values of all the attributes in the final object.

update

The delta identifies the update of an existing object, including the values of attributes that changed.

delete

The delta identifies the deletion of an existing object.

delete-add

The delta identifies the deletion of an existing object, followed by the creation of new object with the same distinguished name.

Child Elements

Element Min Occurs Max Occurs Description

<anchor> of <delta>

1

1

Contains an array of bytes that uniquely identifies the object in the connected data source.

<attr> of <delta>

1

many

Contains information about an attribute of the object.

<dn-attr> of <delta>

0

1

Contains information about a referenced value attribute.

<objectclass> of <delta>

1

1

Contains an ordered list of string values that define the type of object in the connected data source.

<primary-objectclass>

1

1

Contains the object type of the object. This entry varies with the connected data source.

Parent Elements

Element Description

<escrowed-export>

Contains information about the difference between the <unconfirmed-export-hologram> element and the <escrowed-export-hologram> element.

<pending-import>

Contains information about the difference between the <synchronized-hologram> element and the <pending-import-hologram> element.

<unapplied-export>

Contains information about the difference between the <synchronized-hologram> element and the <unapplied-export-hologram> element.

<unconfirmed-export>

Contains information about the object that has been sent to the connected data source but has not yet been imported again.

See Also

Concepts

Connector Space Export XML