org.acegisecurity.ldap

Class LdapUtils

java.lang.Object

org.acegisecurity.ldap.LdapUtils

public final class LdapUtils
extends Object

LDAP Utility methods.

Version:

$Id: LdapUtils.java 1784 2007-02-24 21:00:24Z luke_t $

Author:

Luke Taylor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	closeContext(Context ctx)
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	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=acegisecurity,dc=org" and the base context name is "ou=people,dc=acegisecurity,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.

getUtf8Bytes

public static byte[] getUtf8Bytes(String s)

parseRootDnFromUrl

public static String parseRootDnFromUrl(String url)

Works out the root DN for an LDAP URL.

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

Parameters:

url - the LDAP URL

Returns:

the root DN