Package org.springframework.security.ldap.authentication

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.

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
LdapAuthenticator	The strategy interface for locating and authenticating an Ldap user.

Class Summary

Class	Description
AbstractLdapAuthenticationProvider	Base class for the standard LdapAuthenticationProvider and the ActiveDirectoryLdapAuthenticationProvider.
AbstractLdapAuthenticator	Base class for the authenticator implementations.
BindAuthenticator	An authenticator which binds as a user.
LdapAuthenticationProvider	An AuthenticationProvider implementation that authenticates against an LDAP server.
NullLdapAuthoritiesPopulator
PasswordComparisonAuthenticator	An LdapAuthenticator which compares the login password with the value stored in the directory using a remote LDAP "compare" operation.
SpringSecurityAuthenticationSource	An AuthenticationSource to retrieve authentication information stored in Spring Security's SecurityContextHolder.
UserDetailsServiceLdapAuthoritiesPopulator	Simple LdapAuthoritiesPopulator which delegates to a UserDetailsService, using the name which was supplied at login as the username.