org.springframework.ldap.core
Interface ContextSource

All Known Subinterfaces:

BaseLdapPathContextSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractContextSource, DirContextSource, LdapContextSource, PoolingContextSource, TransactionAwareContextSourceProxy

public interface ContextSource

Interface used by LdapTemplate to create LDAP contexts.

Author:

Adam Skogman, Mattias Arthursson

See Also:

LdapTemplate

Method Summary

DirContext	getReadOnlyContext() Gets a read-only DirContext.
DirContext	getReadWriteContext() Gets a read-write DirContext.

Method Detail

getReadOnlyContext

DirContext getReadOnlyContext()
                              throws NamingException

Gets a read-only DirContext. The returned DirContext must be possible to perform read-only operations on.

Returns:

A DirContext instance, never null.

Throws:

NamingException - if some error occurs creating an DirContext.

getReadWriteContext

DirContext getReadWriteContext()
                               throws NamingException

Gets a read-write DirContext.

Returns:

A DirContext instance, never null.

Throws:

NamingException - if some error occurs creating an DirContext.