com.communote.server.core.common.ldap

Class LdapGroupSearch

java.lang.Object

com.communote.server.core.common.ldap.LdapGroupSearch

public class LdapGroupSearch
extends Object

Class for searching Groups within a LDAP.

Author:

Communote GmbH - http://www.communote.com/

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LdapGroupSearch(LdapConfiguration configuration) Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Collection<ExternalGroupVO>	findGroups(String searchString) Searches for entries within the directory
ExternalGroupVO	getGroup(String groupDN) Retrieves a group by its DN if the group exists
boolean	hasGroup(String groupDN) Checks, if the given group exists.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LdapGroupSearch

public LdapGroupSearch(LdapConfiguration configuration)
                throws LdapAttributeMappingException

Constructor.

Parameters:

configuration - The configuration to be used.

Throws:

LdapAttributeMappingException - Exception.

Method Detail

findGroups

public Collection<ExternalGroupVO> findGroups(String searchString)

Searches for entries within the directory

Parameters:

searchString - Search string.

Returns:

The results.

getGroup

public ExternalGroupVO getGroup(String groupDN)
                         throws org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException,
                                LdapAttributeMappingException

Retrieves a group by its DN if the group exists

Parameters:

groupDN - the DN of the group to retrieve

Returns:

the group or null if there is no matching group

Throws:

org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException - in case of an error while communicating with the repository

LdapAttributeMappingException - in case the retrieved entry cannot be mapped to the VO

hasGroup

public boolean hasGroup(String groupDN)
                 throws org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException

Checks, if the given group exists.

Parameters:

groupDN - The groups dn.

Returns:

True, if the group exists, else false.

Throws:

org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException - Exception.