net.sf.jldapbeans.lang
Class LdapBeanFactory

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.jldapbeans.lang.LdapBeanFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

javax.naming.spi.DirObjectFactory, javax.naming.spi.ObjectFactory

public class LdapBeanFactory
extends java.lang.Object
implements javax.naming.spi.DirObjectFactory

The LdapBeanFactory is the entry point of the mechanism that retrieves an object from the LDAP directory, instantiates a java bean and fills its properties with the attribute values from the LDAP object.

Version:

1.0 $ Revision 01-nov-2005 :: alonso $

Author:

A. Alonso Domínguez

See Also:

DirObjectFactory

Constructor Summary

LdapBeanFactory()

Method Summary

protected java.lang.String[]	getObjectClasses(javax.naming.directory.Attribute objectClass) Reads the objectClass attribute to get an array of strings
java.lang.Object	getObjectInstance(java.lang.Object obj, javax.naming.Name name, javax.naming.Context ctx, java.util.Hashtable env)
java.lang.Object	getObjectInstance(java.lang.Object obj, javax.naming.Name name, javax.naming.Context ctx, java.util.Hashtable env, javax.naming.directory.Attributes attrs) Entry point from DirObjectFactory that starts the process of retrieving LdapBeans from the server.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LdapBeanFactory

public LdapBeanFactory()

Method Detail

getObjectClasses

protected java.lang.String[] getObjectClasses(javax.naming.directory.Attribute objectClass)
                                       throws javax.naming.NamingException

Reads the objectClass attribute to get an array of strings

Parameters:

objectClass - An instance of javax.naming.directory.Attribute which represents the values of the objectClass attribute.

Returns:

An array of strings with the objectClass names.

Throws:

javax.naming.NamingException

getObjectInstance

public java.lang.Object getObjectInstance(java.lang.Object obj,
                                          javax.naming.Name name,
                                          javax.naming.Context ctx,
                                          java.util.Hashtable env)

Specified by:

getObjectInstance in interface javax.naming.spi.ObjectFactory

getObjectInstance

public java.lang.Object getObjectInstance(java.lang.Object obj,
                                          javax.naming.Name name,
                                          javax.naming.Context ctx,
                                          java.util.Hashtable env,
                                          javax.naming.directory.Attributes attrs)
                                   throws java.lang.Exception

Entry point from DirObjectFactory that starts the process of retrieving LdapBeans from the server.

Specified by:

getObjectInstance in interface javax.naming.spi.DirObjectFactory

Parameters:

obj - Object received from the ldap server.

name - Name of the context

ctx - The LdapContext of the object

env - Actual environment

attrs - Attributes of the context

Returns:

A LdapBean initialized and ready to use

Throws:

java.lang.Exception