def view(self, dtype=None, typ=None):
        return self
def search(self, search_base=None, search_scope=None,
               search_filter=None, attributes=None, paged_size=5,
               size_limit=0, paged_cookie=None):
        s_filter = list()
        candidates = list()
        self.response = list()
        self.result = dict()

        try:
            if isinstance(search_filter, bytes):
                # We need to convert to unicode otherwise pyparsing will not
                # find the u"ö"
                search_filter = to_unicode(search_filter)
            expr = Connection._parse_filter()
            s_filter = expr.parseString(search_filter).asList()[0]
        except pyparsing.ParseBaseException as exx:
            # Just for debugging purposes
            s = "{!s}".format(exx)

        for item in s_filter:
            if item[0] in self.operation:
                candidates = self.operation.get(item[0])(search_base,
                                                         s_filter)
        self.response = Connection._deDuplicate(candidates)

        return True