org.springframework.security.ldap
Class LdapUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.security.ldap.LdapUtils

public final class LdapUtils
extends Object

LDAP Utility methods.

Version:

$Id: LdapUtils.java 3537 2009-03-19 06:30:32Z ltaylor $

Author:

Luke Taylor

Method Summary

static void	closeContext(Context ctx)
static String	convertPasswordToString(Object passObj)
static org.springframework.ldap.core.DistinguishedName	getFullDn(org.springframework.ldap.core.DistinguishedName dn, Context baseCtx) Gets the full dn of a name by prepending the name of the context it is relative to.
static String	getRelativeName(String fullDn, Context baseCtx) Obtains the part of a DN relative to a supplied base context.
static byte[]	getUtf8Bytes(String s)
static String	getUtf8BytesAsString(byte[] utf8)
static String	parseRootDnFromUrl(String url) Works out the root DN for an LDAP URL.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

closeContext

public static void closeContext(Context ctx)

getRelativeName

public static String getRelativeName(String fullDn,
                                     Context baseCtx)
                              throws NamingException

Obtains the part of a DN relative to a supplied base context.

If the DN is "cn=bob,ou=people,dc=springframework,dc=org" and the base context name is "ou=people,dc=springframework,dc=org" it would return "cn=bob".

Parameters:

fullDn - the DN

baseCtx - the context to work out the name relative to.

Returns:

the

Throws:

NamingException - any exceptions thrown by the context are propagated.

getFullDn

public static org.springframework.ldap.core.DistinguishedName getFullDn(org.springframework.ldap.core.DistinguishedName dn,
                                                                        Context baseCtx)
                                                                 throws NamingException

Gets the full dn of a name by prepending the name of the context it is relative to. If the name already contains the base name, it is returned unaltered.

Throws:

NamingException

getUtf8Bytes

public static byte[] getUtf8Bytes(String s)

getUtf8BytesAsString

public static String getUtf8BytesAsString(byte[] utf8)

convertPasswordToString

public static String convertPasswordToString(Object passObj)

parseRootDnFromUrl

public static String parseRootDnFromUrl(String url)

Works out the root DN for an LDAP URL.

For example, the URL ldap://monkeymachine:11389/dc=springframework,dc=org has the root DN "dc=springframework,dc=org".

Parameters:

url - the LDAP URL

Returns:

the root DN