org.apache.shiro.realm.ldap
Class LdapUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.shiro.realm.ldap.LdapUtils

public class LdapUtils
extends Object

Utility class providing static methods to make working with LDAP easier.

Since:

0.2

Author:

Jeremy Haile

Method Summary

static void	closeContext(LdapContext ctx) Closes an LDAP context, logging any errors, but not throwing an exception if there is a failure.
static Collection<String>	getAllAttributeValues(Attribute attr) Helper method used to retrieve all attribute values from a particular context attribute.

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(LdapContext ctx)

Closes an LDAP context, logging any errors, but not throwing an exception if there is a failure.

Parameters:

ctx - the LDAP context to close.

getAllAttributeValues

public static Collection<String> getAllAttributeValues(Attribute attr)
                                                throws NamingException

Helper method used to retrieve all attribute values from a particular context attribute.

Parameters:

attr - the LDAP attribute.

Returns:

the values of the attribute.

Throws:

NamingException - if there is an LDAP error while reading the values.