Hi Julien Magic! Many thanks.
Peter R On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:26, Julien Mercay wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Please find the upcoming LDAP documentation below. It will be included > in OXF 2.1, due in a couple days. > > Regards, > Julien > > 1. Introduction > > The LDAP Processor allows OXF to query an LDAP directory server. The > LDAP processor uses the Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) and > should work with all compatible servers. However, it has only been > tested with Sun ONE Directory Server and Open LDAP. > > > 2. Usage > > You instantiate the LDAP Processor with the processor URI > oxf/processor/ldap. The Processor takes two inputs, config and filter, > and one output, data. > > 2.1 Configuration > > The configuration of the LDAP Processor is can be done in two ways: > either system-wide via the OXF Properties, or locally for a specific > instance of the processor through the config input. The local > configuration takes precedence if available. Note The root-dn and > attribute configuration elements cannot be specified system-wide. > > > 2.1.1 config Input > > The config input document specifies the host name and port number of > the LDAP server, as well as the credentials to use when > connecting. The following table describes the configuration elements. > > Name Description > host LDAP Server Host > port LDAP Server Port Number > bind-dn Distinguished Name to authenticate with the server > password Password to authenticate with the server > root-dn Root DN to bind to. > attribute LDAP attributes to include in the LDAP response. If no > attribute is specified, all returned attributes are included. > > > The LDAP Processor can be configured through the OXF Properties, > allowing all instances to share the same configuration. The following > properties are allowed: > > Name Description > oxf.processor.ldap.host LDAP Server Host > oxf.processor.ldap.port LDAP Server Port Number > oxf.processor.ldap.bind-dn Distinguished Name to authenticate with the > server > oxf.processor.ldap.password Password to authenticate with the server > 2.2 Query > > The filter input takes the LDAP query sent to the server. The single > filter element contains a query string that follows the standard LDAP > filter syntax specified in RFC 2254. > > <element name="filter" > datatypeLibrary="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes";> > <data type="string"/> > </element> > > 2.3 Response > > The LDAP processor outputs the query results in its data output. The > resulting document looks like the example below: > > <results> > <result> > <name>cn=John Smith</name> > <attribute> > <name>sn</name> > <value>Smith</value> > </attribute> > [...] > </result> > [...] > </results> > > 3. Example > > The following example shows a basic LDAP query. The LDAP Processor > connects to an LDAP server on the same machine using the administrator > account to log in. It then queries the server for objects containing a > uid attribute with the 12345 value. Only the cn and description > attributes are returned. > > <p:processor uri="oxf/processor/ldap" > xmlns:p="http://www.orbeon.com/oxf/pipeline";> > <p:input name="config"> > <config> > <host>localhost</host> > <port>389</port> > <bind-dn>cn=Directory Manager</bind-dn> > <password>abcdef</password> > <root-dn>o=Company.com</root-dn> > <attribute>cn</attribute> > <attribute>description</attribute> > </config> > </p:input> > <p:input name="filter"> > <filter>(uid=12345)</filter> > </p:input> > <p:output name="data" id="ldap-results"/> > </p:processor> > > Peter Raftos wrote: > > Does anyone have any examples of using OXF with LDAP? > > > > I have a look through the documentation and can't see anything. > > > > Thanks > > > > Peter Raftos > > _______________________________________________ > oxf-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.orbeon.com/mailman/listinfo/oxf-users -- Project Officer Scholarly Technology Services Australian National University Tel: (61 2) 6125 1065 _______________________________________________ oxf-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.orbeon.com/mailman/listinfo/oxf-users
