Ah, yes. You are 100% correct in your assumptions then. BTW, there is already a virtual directory (based on apacheds) Called Penrose. I've not tried it but I think it has a mapping capability in addition to proxy support.
Marc On 8/16/05, Jérôme Baumgarten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I understand that to do simple proxying all I need to do is to > implement my own ContextPartition. But this is only the first step of > what I plan to do. > > The second step (as explained in my first post) is to be able to > change, if necessary, incoming requests (like the filter), change the > outgoing results, and maybe send the proxyed LDAP server some LDAP > requests to enrich the results ApacheDS should send back to the > client. To my understanding, this could be done as an interceptor, > thus leaving my ContextPartition just doing proxying and nothing else. > Am I correct ? My intend is to have a ContextPartition that only does > proxying, nothing else, making it a reusable component for myself and > anyone else interested. I believe that what needs to be done to > realize my step 2 should definitely not be in the ContextPartition. > > On 8/16/05, Marc Boorshtein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I thinkyou are confusing interceptors and contexts. An interceptor is > > something that sits between the protocol stack and the context (just > > as a servlet filter sits between the container and the servlet/jsp). > > You want to look at implementing a custom partition, which is covered > > in the wikis. > > > > You are correct in your assertion that you do not need to worry about > > schema (for the most part) when proxying a remote directory. > > > > Marc > > > > On 8/16/05, Jérôme Baumgarten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 8/12/05, Trustin Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > 2005/8/11, Jérôme Baumgarten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > In this PowerPoint presentation > > > > > ( > > > > http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=https%3A//karasulu.homeip.net/svn/akarasulu/apachecon/eve-presentation/eve-intro-long.ppt&ei=DTb7QuLIE8emQeOnwNMB), > > > > > I've read that it is possible to use Eve as a proxy to an existing > > > > > LDAP server. > > > > > > > > Yes, you can. There is an interface called 'ContextPartition' that > > > > you can > > > > implement. You could implement it to work as a proxy to other LDAP > > > > server. > > > > > > > > > > > > > The second step is a bit more complicated but it seems that with some > > > > > coding that should be possible. To make that off-the-shelf application > > > > > work my own LDAP using custom model and schema, I would need to be > > > > > able to "catch" incoming requests and under some conditions > > > > > re-evaluate search to return the correct results. According to that > > > > > same presentation, I believe that I should go for the Interceptor. Is > > > > > there any information available out there to help me deal with it ? > > > > > > > > You can generate ApacheDS schema classes from LDAP schema file using a > > > > Maven plugin we've created. And of course you can configure ApacheDS to > > > > load them when it starts up. > > > > > > Thanks, But is this mandatory ? In the first step, all I want it to do > > > is to proxy (relay) incoming LDAP requests to another LDAP server. To > > > what extend ApacheDS needs to know the schema to just relay the > > > requests ? > > > > > > Also, is there any publicly available documentation on the > > > interceptors ? It looks like that is the way to go to fulfill myu > > > second step. > > > > > > > Trustin-- > > > > what we call human nature is actually human habit > > > > -- > > > > http://gleamynode.net/ > > > > > > Regards, > > > Jérôme > > > > > >
