HasControls (Java SE 26 & JDK 26)
Description: declaration: module: java.naming, package: javax.naming.ldap, interface: HasControls
Keywords: javax.naming.ldap.HasControls interface

# Interface HasControls

All Known Subinterfaces:
  `UnsolicitedNotification`

public interface HasControls
This interface is for returning controls with objects returned in NamingEnumerations. For example, suppose a server sends back controls with the results of a search operation, the service provider would return a NamingEnumeration of objects that are both SearchResult and implement HasControls.

>        NamingEnumeration elts = ectx.search((Name)name, filter, sctls);
>        while (elts.hasMore()) {
>          Object entry = elts.next();

>          // Get search result
>          SearchResult res = (SearchResult)entry;
>          // do something with it

>          // Get entry controls
>          if (entry instanceof HasControls) {
>              Control[] entryCtls = ((HasControls)entry).getControls();
>              // do something with controls
>          }
>        }

Since:
  1.3

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `Control[]`
  `getControls()`
  Retrieves an array of `Control`s from the object that implements this interface.

- ## Method Details

  - ### getControls

    Control[] getControls() throws NamingException
    Retrieves an array of `Control`s from the object that implements this interface. It is null if there are no controls.
    Returns:
      A possibly null array of `Control` objects.
    Throws:
      `NamingException` - If cannot return controls due to an error.