We had some discussions[1] with developers in Apache DS community. And find they have existing sharable classes. http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/directory/shared/trunk/ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/directory/shared/ldap/
These classes constitute 3 major features. 1. codec - encode/decode ldap message 2. filter - parsing search filters such as 'cn=*' 3. schema - parsing schema I prefer to include them into our project instead of re-implement. We do have problems. So far, I can see at least 2 problems: 1. Dependency: How should we include those code from Apache DS. Using binary jars as Yoko, or SVN external link as our concurrent module. Both of the methods will have its pro & con. Binary form will involve more manual efforts, while external link may potentially pollute our code base. 2. Code duplication: Apache DS have classes which will duplicate our code. A simple example is LdapDN. Shall we adapt our implementation to their code? Any comments? [1]http://www.nabble.com/-OT--Is-studio-using-Sun' s-ldap-service-provider--t4376387.html -- Spark Shen China Software Development Lab, IBM
