netcom.util
Class LDAPCommunicator

java.lang.Object
  netcom.util.LDAPCommunicator

public class LDAPCommunicator

extends java.lang.Object

Title: LDAPCommunicator

Description: LDAPCommunicator class is responsible for the communication with an LDAP server. It handles two main data types. Authentication entries represent the login/logout information for PClients and PServers. The are validated against the LDAP server database Node entries contain the information about available MDS and MDSProxies

Company: NETCOM

Constructor Summary

LDAPCommunicator()
Constructor to create a LDAPCommunicator object

Method Summary

boolean	addAuthenticationEntry(AuthenticationEntry entry) Adds new username/password pair if not already exists
boolean	addNodeEntry(NodeEntry entry) Adds new PClient/PServer node to LDAP if not already exists
AuthenticationEntry[]	getAuthenticationList() Returns array of all AuthenticationEntry that are registered on LDAP
NodeEntry	getNodeEntry(java.lang.String thisID) Returns NodeEntry for corresponding node_name that is registered on LDAP
NodeEntry[]	getNodeList(int type)
int	isAuthenticated(AuthenticationEntry entry) Checks to see if AuthenticationEntry is authenticated.
boolean	removeAuthenticationEntry(AuthenticationEntry entry) Removes username/password pair if it already exists
void	removeNodeEntry(NodeEntry entry) Removes PClient/PServer node from LDAP if it already exists
boolean	updateNodeEntry(NodeEntry entry) Modifies PClient/PServer node on LDAP if it already exists

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LDAPCommunicator

public LDAPCommunicator()

Constructor to create a LDAPCommunicator object

Method Detail

addAuthenticationEntry

public boolean addAuthenticationEntry(AuthenticationEntry entry)

Adds new username/password pair if not already exists

Parameters:

entry - AuthenticationEntry to register on LDAP Server

removeAuthenticationEntry

public boolean removeAuthenticationEntry(AuthenticationEntry entry)

Removes username/password pair if it already exists

Parameters:

entry - AuthenticationEntry to remove from LDAP Server

getAuthenticationList

public AuthenticationEntry[] getAuthenticationList()

Returns array of all AuthenticationEntry that are registered on LDAP

Returns:

AuthenticationEntry[] that stores all registered AuthenticationEntry

isAuthenticated

public int isAuthenticated(AuthenticationEntry entry)

Checks to see if AuthenticationEntry is authenticated.

Parameters:

entry - AuthenticationEntry to check

Returns:

boolean of authentication status

addNodeEntry

public boolean addNodeEntry(NodeEntry entry)

Adds new PClient/PServer node to LDAP if not already exists

Parameters:

entry - NodeEntry to register on LDAP Server

removeNodeEntry

public void removeNodeEntry(NodeEntry entry)

Removes PClient/PServer node from LDAP if it already exists

Parameters:

entry - NodeEntry to deregister on LDAP Server

updateNodeEntry

public boolean updateNodeEntry(NodeEntry entry)

Modifies PClient/PServer node on LDAP if it already exists

Parameters:

entry - NodeEntry to modify on LDAP Server

getNodeList

public NodeEntry[] getNodeList(int type)

getNodeEntry

public NodeEntry getNodeEntry(java.lang.String thisID)

Returns NodeEntry for corresponding node_name that is registered on LDAP

Returns:

NodeEntry that is the registered NodeEntry that corresponds to node_name Note: This method does not work yet.