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+#############################################################################
+# $Id: Utils.pm,v 1.1 1998-07-22 22:35:46 leif Exp $
+#
+# The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License
+# Version 1.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+# compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
+#
+# Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+# basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+# The Original Code is PerlDap. The Initial Developer of the Original
+# Code is Netscape Communications Corp. and Clayton Donley. Portions
+# created by Netscape are Copyright (C) Netscape Communications
+# Corp., portions created by Clayton Donley are Copyright (C) Clayton
+# Donley. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Contributor(s):
+#
+# DESCRIPTION
+#    Lots of Useful Little Utilities, for LDAP related operations.
+#
+#############################################################################
+
+package Mozilla::LDAP::Utils;
+
+
+#############################################################################
+# Normalize the DN string (first argument), and return the new, normalized,
+# string.
+#
+sub normalizeDN
+{
+  my ($self, $dn) = @_;
+  my (@vals);
+
+  $dn = $self->{dn} unless $dn;
+  return "" if ($dn eq "");
+
+  $vals = Ldapc::ldap_explode_dn(lc $dn, 0);
+
+  return join(",", @{$vals});
+}