LdapUserSearch (spring-security-docs-manual 5.5.1 API)

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

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

- Method Detail
  - searchForUser
```
org.springframework.ldap.core.DirContextOperations searchForUser(java.lang.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.