com.atlassian.crowd.directory.ldap.name
Interface Converter

All Known Implementing Classes:

GenericConverter

public interface Converter

Converts a string name into a Name, for use with spring-ldap.

Method Summary

LdapName	getName(String dn) Escapes and converts a DN into a Name, for use with LDAP through JNDI.
LdapName	getName(String attributeName, String objectName, LdapName baseDN) Returns a Name escaped for JNDI and LDAP, for use with a directory.

Method Detail

getName

LdapName getName(String dn)
                 throws InvalidNameException

Escapes and converts a DN into a Name, for use with LDAP through JNDI.

Parameters:

dn -

Returns:

Throws:

InvalidNameException

getName

LdapName getName(String attributeName,
                 String objectName,
                 LdapName baseDN)
                 throws InvalidNameException

Returns a Name escaped for JNDI and LDAP, for use with a directory. Used when building a DN from an object name plus directory configuration information Given: attributeName: "cn" objectName: "Smith, John" baseDN: "dc=example, dc=org" It will return a Name that represents the DN: "cn=Smith\, John, dc=example, dc=org"

Parameters:

attributeName -

objectName -

baseDN - A correctly-escaped DN. May be empty or null.

Returns:

Throws:

InvalidNameException