JBossDirectory: Jndi Based Ldap Server
For a month or so, this thought has been lingering in my mind-to build a simple 
jndi based Ldap Server on top of JBossCache( TreeCache).  

 I agree that it is not as simple as that, to provide ldap based services, but 
what I am looking at it is a ldap server which can provide jndi based 
functionality at first. I should be able to store/retrieve, search, delete etc 
using JNDI ldap API.

Dec.27 was a holiday for me - I whipped up a simple prototype which provides 
Jndi based ldap store/retrieve an object.   In the background, I just store it 
in a treecache.

This is interesting to me because I can reap all the features JBossCache 
provides - cacheloader to persistence, replication, lazy loading etc. 

As long as the map between Jndi and JBossCache can be taken care of plus a 
mechanism to map ldap namespace strings like  'uid=xxx,ou=people,o=jboss"  to 
TreeCache '/jboss/people/uid', there may be some potential.

Things to consider later:
a) Export/Import via LDIF.
b) DSML.
c) Support Ldap DIT.
d) Ldap Synchronization.
e) Ldap Replication.  (JGroups will be helpful).

Why is JBossDirectory important?
* Will provide a good testing engine for ldap related needs. Eg: JBossSX.
* Will be useful for the JBoss Identity Management project and its needs like 
SSO, federated identity, liberty alliance etc.

Regards,
Anil

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