Hi Matt, You might want to have a look at project Penrose on safehaus.org.
Cheers, Aleks On 3/24/10, Matt Doran <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm new to Apache DS, but I've recently used your Directory Studio and > thought it was amazing. Well done! > > I've got a pretty in depth developer type question, so if this is > something better asked on another list, please let me know. > > I'm a developer, and I've got to emulate some basic functionality of an > LDAP server (e.g. user authentication and some very limited/basic > searching), but instead of using a traditional LDAP data store, provide > the backend data myself. In reality the backend data will be partially > constructed from an existing RDBMS user database, and a mix of other > more dynamic elements (like delegating some elements of authentication > to another source - e.g. another LDAP server or AD). > > Does Apache DS have an architecture that might allow me to take the > network facing / protocol handling layer and plugin my own > implementation for a basic data store? If so, does anyone have any > tips/example/etc for me to get started? I had a look at the documents > and the project seems to be made up of many submodules/projects. So > I'm hopeful my idea is achievable .... but would like your tips on where > to begin. > > Thanks in advance, > Matt > -- Sent from my mobile device
