org.springframework.ldap.core.support

Interface BaseLdapPathSource

All Known Subinterfaces:

BaseLdapPathContextSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractContextSource, DelegatingBaseLdapPathContextSourceSupport, DirContextSource, LdapContextSource, MutablePoolingContextSource, PoolingContextSource, TransactionAwareContextSourceProxy

public interface BaseLdapPathSource

Implementations of this interface are capable of providing a base LDAP path. The base LDAP path is the root path to which all LDAP operations performed on a particular context are relative.

Author:

Mattias Hellborg Arthursson

See Also:

ContextSource

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
LdapName	getBaseLdapName() Get the base LDAP path as a LdapName.
DistinguishedName	getBaseLdapPath() Deprecated. DistinguishedName and associated classes and methods are deprecated as of 2.0. Use getBaseLdapName() instead.
String	getBaseLdapPathAsString() Get the base LDAP path as a String.

Method Detail

getBaseLdapPath

DistinguishedName getBaseLdapPath()

Deprecated. DistinguishedName and associated classes and methods are deprecated as of 2.0. Use getBaseLdapName() instead.

Get the base LDAP path as a DistinguishedName.

Returns:

the base LDAP path as a DistinguishedName. The path will be empty if no base path is specified.

getBaseLdapName

LdapName getBaseLdapName()

Get the base LDAP path as a LdapName.

Returns:

the base LDAP path as a LdapName. The path will be empty if no base path is specified.

Since:

2.0

getBaseLdapPathAsString

String getBaseLdapPathAsString()

Get the base LDAP path as a String.

Returns:

the base LDAP path as a An empty String will be returned if no base path is specified.