net.sf.ldaptemplate
Interface ContextSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractContextSource

public interface ContextSource

Interface used to retrieve and authenticate LDAP contexts.

Author:

Adam Skogman, Mattias Arthursson

See Also:

LdapTemplate

Method Summary

javax.naming.directory.DirContext	getReadOnlyContext() Gets a read only LDAP context.
javax.naming.directory.DirContext	getReadWriteContext() Gets a read-write LDAP context.

Method Detail

getReadOnlyContext

public javax.naming.directory.DirContext getReadOnlyContext()
                                                     throws org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException

Gets a read only LDAP context. You are only gaurrantied that you can read from the context, but it is not enforced.

Returns:

An DirContext, never null.

Throws:

org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException - if some error occurs creating an DirContext.

getReadWriteContext

public javax.naming.directory.DirContext getReadWriteContext()
                                                      throws org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException

Gets a read-write LDAP context.

Returns:

an DirContext, never null.

Throws:

org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException - if some error occurs creating an DirContext.