com.jalios.ldap
Class LDAPUtil

java.lang.Object
  com.jalios.ldap.LDAPUtil

public class LDAPUtil
extends Object

Version:

$Revision: 27619 $

Author:

Olivier Jaquemet

Field Summary

static String	OBJECT_CLASS_ATTR "objectClass"
static String	REVISION

Constructor Summary

LDAPUtil()

Method Summary

static boolean	checkConnect(String hostname, String port, String isSSL, String bindDN, String bindPassword) Try a LDAP connection using the given host information and credential.
static String	getString(netscape.ldap.LDAPAttribute attribute, String defaultValue) Return first available value of LDAPAttribute attr, or defaultValue if not available.
static boolean	isGroupEntry(netscape.ldap.LDAPEntry entry, LDAPConfiguration conf) Determines if the given LDAPEntry is a group entry according to parameters specified by the given LDAPConfiguration object.
static boolean	isUserEntry(netscape.ldap.LDAPEntry entry, LDAPConfiguration conf) Determines if the given LDAPEntry is a user entry according to parameters specified by the given LDAPConfiguration object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

REVISION

public static final String REVISION

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Constant Field Values

OBJECT_CLASS_ATTR

public static final String OBJECT_CLASS_ATTR

"objectClass"

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

LDAPUtil

public LDAPUtil()

Method Detail

getString

public static String getString(netscape.ldap.LDAPAttribute attribute,
                               String defaultValue)

Return first available value of LDAPAttribute attr, or defaultValue if not available.

Parameters:

attribute - LDAPAttribute from which to retrieve value.

Returns:

a the first value of attr or defaultValue (never return null unless defaultValue is null).

isGroupEntry

public static boolean isGroupEntry(netscape.ldap.LDAPEntry entry,
                                   LDAPConfiguration conf)

Determines if the given LDAPEntry is a group entry according to parameters specified by the given LDAPConfiguration object.

Parameters:

entry - the LDAPEntry to check

conf - the LDAPConfiguration to use, MUST NOT be null

Returns:

true if the entry is a group, false otherwise

Since:

jcms-5.7

isUserEntry

public static boolean isUserEntry(netscape.ldap.LDAPEntry entry,
                                  LDAPConfiguration conf)

Determines if the given LDAPEntry is a user entry according to parameters specified by the given LDAPConfiguration object.

Parameters:

entry - the LDAPEntry to check

conf - the LDAPConfiguration to use, MUST NOT be null

Returns:

true if the entry is a user, false otherwise

Since:

jcms-5.7

checkConnect

public static boolean checkConnect(String hostname,
                                   String port,
                                   String isSSL,
                                   String bindDN,
                                   String bindPassword)

Try a LDAP connection using the given host information and credential.

Parameters:

hostname - the hostname of the ldap server to connect to.

port - the port of the ldap server to connect to.

isSSL - whether the connection should be made using SSL.

bindDN - the Distinguished Name to use to bind to the ldap server to connect to.

bindPassword - the password to use to bind to the ldap server to connect to.

Returns:

true if the connection was successful, false if an error occured

Since:

jcms-5.7