HI Curt,
I have heard from someone else that the API's are very similar.
That the Netscape LDAP API came first.
That this API was used as the Basis for JNDI.
I think that JNDI is the standard Java way of interfacing with naming
servers in the same way that JDBC is the standard was to access relational
databases.
The difference is that LDAP is a standard wire protocol for naming servers
and there is no standard wire protocol for databases. No using a non
standard protocol is much more viable for naming.
Brendan Johnston
Senior Consultant
IntraSolv Consulting
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-----Original Message-----
From: Curt Springer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 1:09 PM
To:
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Subject: [ND] (off topic) client for LDAP -- java
ldap api (a/k/a jdap) or JNDI
Just wondering, has anybody else been looking to connect to
a remote ldap
server from a java app (ND or not)?
I'm trying to figure out which API would be better. I don't
expect that it
will be black and white.
Has anyone done any testing? Any reason to worry that a
JNDI service
(thinking of netscape's or sun's) for ldap would be too big
or slow
compared to Netscape's java api for ldap clients?
JNDI is attractive as a general-purpose service, especially
as part of
j2ee. Looking down the road a bit, is there any reason to
believe that
JNDI would become the standard api for everyday ldap access,
the same way
that jdbc is the standard for dbms access?
Any reply would be appreciated, public or private.
Curt Springer, Team ND
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