Package org.springframework.security.ldap.authentication

The LDAP authentication provider package.

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Package org.springframework.security.ldap.authentication Description

The LDAP authentication provider package. Interfaces are provided for both authentication and retrieval of user roles from an LDAP server.

The main provider class is LdapAuthenticationProvider. This is configured with an LdapAuthenticator instance and an LdapAuthoritiesPopulator. The latter is used to obtain the list of roles for the user.