Code(Adapter) for Checking User's Manager in AD

Question

I am trying to make a code to be used as an adapter and use that adapter before create user task... The process should first check the presence of manager id in Microsoft AD(target system), if present then create the user....
Can anyone help me????????

Answer 1

Hi,
You can have code something like this. You need to choose a manager attribute for example: employee number to search for manager in any LDAP.
public static DirContext getConn(String Address, String dn, String root,
               String pwd, int port, boolean SSL) throws Exception {          
          Hashtable<String, String> env = new Hashtable<String, String>();
          String url = "ldap://" + Address + ":" + port + "/" + root;
          env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory);
          env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, url);
          env.put(Context.SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION,"simple");
          env.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL,dn);
          env.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS,pwd);
          if(SSL) {
               env.put(Context.SECURITY_PROTOCOL,"ssl");
          DirContext dirContext = new InitialDirContext(env);
          return dirContext;
public String ManagerExists (Long processInstanceKey, String managerAttribute) {          
                    DirContext adContext = getConn(Address, uid, root, passwd, port, SSL);
                    String managerExists= "No";String searchBase="";
                    String filter = "managerAttribute="+managerAttribute;                                                       
                                        SearchControls searchControls = new SearchControls();
          searchControls.setSearchScope(SearchControls.SUBTREE_SCOPE);
          NamingEnumeration namingEnumeration = adminDirContext.search(searchBase, filter, searchControls);
          if (namingEnumeration == null) {
               managerExists="No";
          while (namingEnumeration.hasMoreElements()) {
               managerExists="Yes";
          return managerExists;
Hope this helps.
regards,
GP