org.springframework.ldap.core
Class LdapEntryIdentification

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.ldap.core.LdapEntryIdentification

public class LdapEntryIdentification
extends Object

Wrapper class to handle the full identification of an LDAP entry. An LDAP entry is identified by its Distinguished Name, in Spring LDAP represented by the DistinguishedName class. A Distinguished Name can be absolute - i.e. complete including the very root (base) of the LDAP tree - or relative - i.e relative to the base LDAP path of the current LDAP connection (specified as base to the ContextSource).

The different representations are needed on different occasions, e.g. the relative DN is typically what is needed to perform lookups and searches in the LDAP tree, whereas the absolute DN is needed when authenticating and when an LDAP entry is referred to in e.g. a group. This wrapper class contains both of these representations.

Author:

Mattias Hellborg Arthursson

Constructor Summary

LdapEntryIdentification(DistinguishedName absoluteDn, DistinguishedName relativeDn)
Construct an LdapEntryIdentification instance.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object obj)
DistinguishedName	getAbsoluteDn() Get the absolute DN of the identified entry, e.g. as returned by Context.getNameInNamespace().
DistinguishedName	getRelativeDn() Get the DN of the identified entry relative to the base LDAP path, e.g.
int	hashCode()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LdapEntryIdentification

public LdapEntryIdentification(DistinguishedName absoluteDn,
                               DistinguishedName relativeDn)

Construct an LdapEntryIdentification instance.

Parameters:

absoluteDn - the absolute DN of the identified entry, e.g. as returned by Context.getNameInNamespace().

relativeDn - the DN of the identified entry relative to the base LDAP path, e.g. as returned by DirContextOperations.getDn().

Method Detail

getRelativeDn

public DistinguishedName getRelativeDn()

Get the DN of the identified entry relative to the base LDAP path, e.g. as returned by DirContextOperations.getDn().

Returns:

the relative DN.

getAbsoluteDn

public DistinguishedName getAbsoluteDn()

Get the absolute DN of the identified entry, e.g. as returned by Context.getNameInNamespace().

Returns:

the absolute DN.

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object