org.springframework.ldap
Interface ContextSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractContextSource, DirContextSource, LdapContextSource

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 DirContext.
javax.naming.directory.DirContext	getReadWriteContext() Gets a read-write DirContext.

Method Detail

getReadOnlyContext

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

Gets a read-only DirContext. The returned DirContext must be possible to perform read-only operations on.

Returns:

A DirContext instance, never null.

Throws:

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

getReadWriteContext

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

Gets a read-write DirContext.

Returns:

A DirContext instance, never null.

Throws:

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