delegating binds to custom partitions
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Key: DIREVE-265
URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIREVE-265
Project: Directory Server
Type: New Feature
Components: server main
Environment: jdk1.4.2
Reporter: Norbert Reilly
Assigned to: Alex Karasulu
I have created a patch which permits SimpleAuthenticator to optionally delegate
bind calls to the custom partition matching the DN provided to a bind call.
This seems like the right general approach to take, but there were some points
I wasn't completely certain about (being a noob):
1) I pass the credentials in as a Object (rather then byte[]) to allow for
future flexibility when SASL support is added to DS.
2) The bind() call returns an InitialContext which SimpleAuthenticator
immediately closes, rather then say returning a boolean. This seems sensible
though.
3) Given the new bind() call is only optionally implemented by a
ContextPartition, the default bases classes return null when it is called. A
NotImplementedException type approach would work just as well, but I am unsure
how the relative pros and cons are preceived by the core DS developers (runtime
cost versus cleanliness).
I also realise that the bind call is only one of a number of delegations that
will eventually need to be supported to custom partitions, but hope that this
patch isn't heading in the wrong direction and thus compromising any future
work that may be required.
If the patch is deemed useful, but further work is required due to any/all of
the reasons above (or some I haven't considered) then let me know.
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