I forget to push this mail to the users ML. Done now ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Emmanuel Lecharny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Feb 1, 2007 3:08 PM Subject: Re: Microsoft AD To: Elie Ciment <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
So, I cannot use LDAPStudio classes for querying AD, and I should use
OpenLDAP or JNDI?
Well, LdapStudio is meant to be a GUI, not an API, so if you want to use its code base to qyuey any ldap server, you will have to go deep into the code to do it. Of course this is possible, but this is not really the simplest way to go... The reason I wanted to use Apache Directory (LDAPStudio) classes is because
as an ASF project I know that there was a lot of thought put into the design of the code and that there will be an active mailing list for support when needed.
Sure :) But it was not inended to be used the way you want. Anyway, it can be done. Let me find the place in the code where we build the ldap messages and send them to the server... (will take a little while) I feel that with all open source projects in the ASF you can turn to them
for help and somebody's always there for you.
well, that's not exactly how it works :) but basically, you can push a mail, and if somebody has an answer, you will get it ... Remember that people at apache are all volunteers, and are also pretty busy ;) In addition, Apache will go through the trouble of finding the right code to
use, ie OpenLDAP and JNDI. So, using those classes that Apache builds which make the most of the underlying classes - much better than a beginner would - I would love to just take a pre-bundled project that is easy to use.
Not sure that they are easy to use at all... (and I'm not really proud of this, as I wrote part of them ...) At some point, we should provide a kind of API like JLdap is. Remember that any API has a learning curve, and you won't avoid to spend some time on it. Apache won't do this for you :) Does that make sense?
Thanks, EC On 1/31/07, Emmanuel Lecharny <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > Elie Ciment a écrit : > > > Hi, > > > > I am new to the LDAP Studio, and actually cannot find the link to > > download > > it right now. I currently use / have been using the Eclipse plugin, > which > > now links to directory.apache.org . > > Well, the nighty build is - temporarily - available here : > http://www.iktek.com/index.jsp?rubrique=ads > > This is *not* a release, but a build done every nigth at 2am UTC. > > The release will be available very soon. > > > A question I have is can I leverage the code for this Studio without > the > > front end - I want to query Active Directory without having the > > presentation > > handle it, but only the underlying code to incorporate it in my Struts > > > web > > application. > > np at all, but no need to use LdapStudio at all. The best solution would > be either to use JNDI or (in my mind, much better), the OpenLdap API for > java ( http://www.openldap.org/jldap/) > > Emmanuel > > > > > Thanks, > > EC > > > >
-- Cordialement, Emmanuel Lécharny www.iktek.com -- Cordialement, Emmanuel Lécharny www.iktek.com
