Package org.springframework.security.ldap.search

Interface LdapUserSearch

All Known Implementing Classes:
FilterBasedLdapUserSearch
public interface LdapUserSearch
Obtains a user's information from the LDAP directory given a login name.

May be optionally used to configure the LDAP authentication implementation when a more sophisticated approach is required than just using a simple username->DN mapping.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    org.springframework.ldap.core.DirContextOperations
    searchForUser(String username)
    Locates a single user in the directory and returns the LDAP information for that user.

  • Method Details

    • searchForUser

      org.springframework.ldap.core.DirContextOperations searchForUser(String username) throws UsernameNotFoundException
      Locates a single user in the directory and returns the LDAP information for that user.
      Parameters:
      username - the login name supplied to the authentication service.
      Returns:
      a DirContextOperations object containing the user's full DN and requested attributes.
      Throws:
      UsernameNotFoundException - if no user with the supplied name could be located by the search.