Convenience Method and Description Arguments CheckDistributionAttr This method checks the current distribution list of attributes for the specified attribute name. If found, it returns TRUE; if not found, FALSE. No arguments GetAttributeValue This method returns the current value of the attribute specified in the string argument  attr. It is valid only within handlers for the MODIFY,  DELETE, or  EXISTS  commands. $attr  - string containing name of attribute GetAttributeVersion This method returns the current version of the attribute specified in the string argument  attr. It is valid only within handlers for the MODIFY,  DELETE, or  EXISTS  commands. $attr  - string containing name of attribute GetAttributeChange This method returns the current value of the change flag for the attribute listed in the string argument  attr. The value returned is either  “y”  or  “n”. It is valid only within handlers for the MODIFY,  DELETE, or  EXISTS  commands. $attr  - string containing name of attribute CheckFilterList This method checks the internal filter list for an item. It returns TRUE (1) if found, or FALSE (0) if not. It always returns FALSE if the default handler is overridden. See also:  FILTER,  GetFilterList $item  - string containing item to be checked GetFilterList This method returns a reference to the internal filter list. The internal list is empty if the default handler for the  FILTER command is overridden. See also:  FILTER,  GetFilterList No arguments Developing Your Application in Perl 67 Tivoli®  SecureWay Application Management Toolkit Guide