edu.vt.middleware.ldap
Class LdapSearch

java.lang.Object
  edu.vt.middleware.ldap.LdapSearch

Direct Known Subclasses:

DsmlSearch, LdifSearch

public class LdapSearch
extends Object

LdapSearch queries an LDAP and returns the result. Each instance of LdapSearch maintains it's own pool of LDAP connections.

Version:

$Revision: 1330 $ $Date: 2010-05-23 18:10:53 -0400 (Sun, 23 May 2010) $

Author:

Middleware Services

Field Summary

protected LdapBeanFactory	beanFactory Ldap bean factory.
protected org.apache.commons.logging.Log	logger Log for this class.
protected LdapPool<Ldap>	pool Ldap object to use for searching.

Constructor Summary

LdapSearch(LdapPool<Ldap> pool)
This creates a new LdapSearch with the supplied pool.

Method Summary

void	close() Empties the underlying ldap pool, closing all connections.
protected void	finalize() Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
LdapBeanFactory	getLdapBeanFactory() Returns the factory for creating ldap beans.
Iterator<SearchResult>	search(String query, String[] attrs) This will perform an LDAP search with the supplied query and return attributes.
void	search(String query, String[] attrs, Writer writer) This will perform an LDAP search with the supplied query and return attributes.
void	setLdapBeanFactory(LdapBeanFactory lbf) Sets the factory for creating ldap beans.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

logger

protected final org.apache.commons.logging.Log logger

Log for this class.

pool

protected LdapPool<Ldap> pool

Ldap object to use for searching.

beanFactory

protected LdapBeanFactory beanFactory

Ldap bean factory.

Constructor Detail

LdapSearch

public LdapSearch(LdapPool<Ldap> pool)

This creates a new LdapSearch with the supplied pool.

Parameters:

pool - LdapPool

Method Detail

getLdapBeanFactory

public LdapBeanFactory getLdapBeanFactory()

Returns the factory for creating ldap beans.

Returns:

LdapBeanFactory

setLdapBeanFactory

public void setLdapBeanFactory(LdapBeanFactory lbf)

Sets the factory for creating ldap beans.

Parameters:

lbf - LdapBeanFactory

search

public Iterator<SearchResult> search(String query,
                                     String[] attrs)
                              throws NamingException

This will perform an LDAP search with the supplied query and return attributes.

Parameters:

query - String to search for

attrs - String[] to return

Returns:

Iterator of search results

Throws:

NamingException - if an error occurs while searching

search

public void search(String query,
                   String[] attrs,
                   Writer writer)
            throws NamingException,
                   IOException

This will perform an LDAP search with the supplied query and return attributes. The results will be written to the supplied Writer.

Parameters:

query - String to search for

attrs - String[] to return

writer - Writer to write to

Throws:

NamingException - if an error occurs while searching

IOException - if an error occurs while writing search results

close

public void close()

Empties the underlying ldap pool, closing all connections. See LdapPool.close().

finalize

protected void finalize()
                 throws Throwable

Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.

Overrides:

finalize in class Object

Throws:

Throwable - if an exception is thrown by this method