JCA and LDAP

[Raymond DeCampo]

All,

What solutions have you used or are you aware of for accessing LDAP via
JCA in a J2EE environment? Obviously free, open source solutions are
most desirable. Or do you use another technology besides JCA when
accessing LDAP in a J2EE environment?

Note that I am not referring to simply using the directory server to
authenticate or authorize users. I need to access custom attributes on
the user object themselves.

I have found very few solutions via Google. Perhaps I am not using the
right magic search terms.

Thanks,
Ray

 

[Raymond DeCampo]

All,

What solutions have you used or are you aware of for accessing LDAP via
JCA in a J2EE environment? Obviously free, open source solutions are
most desirable. Or do you use another technology besides JCA when
accessing LDAP in a J2EE environment?

Note that I am not referring to simply using the directory server to
authenticate or authorize users. I need to access custom attributes on
the user object themselves.

I have found very few solutions via Google. Perhaps I am not using the
right magic search terms.

Further research has lead me down the correct path. Apparently JCA is
too heavy for LDAP. The best practice is to use connection pooling with
the LDAP interface supplied by JNDI.

Thanks,
Ray