class Net::LDAP::Connection

def encode_sort_controls(sort_definitions)


:sort_control => ["givenname","sn"] #multiple strings or arrays
or
:sort_control => [["cn", "matchingRule", true]] #attribute, matchingRule, direction (true / false)
or
:sort_control => ["cn"] # just a string

The format of the sort control needs to be:

Allow the caller to specify a sort control
-- 
def encode_sort_controls(sort_definitions)
  return sort_definitions unless sort_definitions
  sort_control_values = sort_definitions.map do |control|
    control = Array(control) # if there is only an attribute name as a string then infer the orderinrule and reverseorder
    control[0] = String(control[0]).to_ber,
    control[1] = String(control[1]).to_ber,
    control[2] = (control[2] == true).to_ber
    control.to_ber_sequence
  end
  [
    Net::LDAP::LDAPControls::SORT_REQUEST.to_ber,
    false.to_ber,
    sort_control_values.to_ber_sequence.to_s.to_ber,
  ].to_ber_sequence
end