6.1.1.4.2 Deleted Objects Container

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Each domain NC and application NC, as well as the config NC, contains a Deleted Objects container. Objects within the domain NC that are deleted are stored in this container (unless indicated otherwise by the object's systemFlags).

Tombstones and recycled-objects are stored until at least an amount of time equal to the tombstone lifetime has passed, after which they are permanently removed from storage.

Deleted-objects are stored until at least an amount of time equal to the deleted-object lifetime has passed, after which they are transformed into recycled-objects.

To ensure that this container does not get garbage collected, the replication metadata for the isDeleted attribute MUST show that the time at which the isDeleted attribute was set to TRUE is 9999-12-29. Furthermore, the isRecycled attribute MUST have no values. See section 3.1.1.5.5 for more information about the tombstone lifetime, the deleted-object lifetime, and the Deleted Objects container.

objectClass: container

isDeleted: TRUE

systemFlags: {FLAG_DISALLOW_DELETE | FLAG_DOMAIN_DISALLOW_RENAME | FLAG_DOMAIN_DISALLOW_MOVE}

isCriticalSystemObject: TRUE