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Deleting an Entire Directory Subtree

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The following code example deletes the DSMLTesting container object and all related subobjects from the fabrikam.com LDAP directory.

<se:Envelope xmlns:se="https://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <se:Body xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:DSML:2:0:core">
      <batchRequest>
         <delRequest dn="ou=DSMLTesting,dc=fabrikam,dc=com">
            <control type="1.2.840.113556.1.4.805" criticality="false"/>
         </delRequest>
      </batchRequest>
   </se:Body>
</se:Envelope>

The se:Envelope and se:Body SOAP elements wrap the DSML payload. The first element of the DSML payload, batchRequest, is the mandatory top-level element for all DSML V2 requests. The delRequest element uses the LDAP tree delete control OID ("1.2.840.113556.1.4.805") to delete the DSMLTesting container object and its related subobjects from the directory.

For more information about how to send and receive the SOAP messages, see Transmitting and Receiving SOAP-DSML Messages.