How to connect to LDAP?

Question

Hi,
where may I find information/documentatio/toturials of how to connect to LDAP from java classes?
Please help.
Thankyou,
Nadir.

Answer 1

Nadir,
Here:
http://java.sun.com/products/jndi/docs.html
You can find many things there and the tutorial is good.
Follow the links in http://java.sun.com/products/jndi/index.html#DOWNLOAD12, you can get many useful examples (great!).
Some code work fine in my app:
import javax.naming.*;
import javax.naming.directory.*;
env = new Hashtable(5, 0.75f);
env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory");
env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, URL);
env.put(Context.REFERRAL, "ignore");
env.put(Context.SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION, "simple");
env.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, DN); //use your own one
env.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, PassWord); //use your own one
try {
ctx = new InitialDirContext(env);
} catch (NamingException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
George