com.entrust.toolkit.util

Class LdapURLParser

java.lang.Object

com.entrust.toolkit.util.LdapURLParser

public class LdapURLParser
extends java.lang.Object

Implements the capability to parse the String representation of an LDAP URL in accordance with RFC 2255.

This class can be used for converting an RFC 2255 String representation of an LDAP URL into a com.entrust.toolkit.util.LdapURL object. The RFC2255 representation of an LDAP URL is defined using the following grammar:

     ldapurl    = scheme "://" [hostport] ["/"
                  [dn ["?" [attributes] ["?" [scope]
                  ["?" [filter] ["?" extensions]]]]]]
     scheme     = "ldap"
     attributes = attrdesc *("," attrdesc)
     scope      = "base" / "one" / "sub"
     dn         = distinguishedName
     hostport   = hostport
     attrdesc   = AttributeDescription
     filter     = filter
     extensions = extension *("," extension)
     extension  = ["!"] extype ["=" exvalue]
     extype     = token / xtoken
     exvalue    = LDAPString
     token      = oid
     xtoken     = ("X-" / "x-") token
 

Refer to RFC 2255 for the complete definition of an LDAP URL.

To convert an RFC 2255 String into an LDAP URL, create a new LdapURLParser object specifying the String to be converted. To retrieve components of the LDAP URL, call the corresponding method. For example:

     String url = "ldap://ldap.entrust.com:389/CN=Regular User,O=Entrust,C=CA";
     LdapURLParser ldapURLParser = new LdapURLParser(url);
     String host = ldapURLParser.getHost();
     iaik.asn1.structures.Name dn = ldapURLParser.getDN();
 

To construct an LdapURL object from the URL string, use the LdapURL constructor:

     LdapURL ldapURL = new LdapURL(url);
 

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LdapURLParser(java.lang.String ldapurl) Standard constructor — initializes a new parser using the String to be parsed.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isLdapURL() Determines whether the String in this LdapURLParser object is an LDAP URL.
java.lang.String	parseAttributes() Parses the LDAP URL to return its attributes component.
Name	parseDN() Parses the LDAP URL to return its distinguished name (DN) value.
java.lang.String	parseExtensions() Parses the LDAP URL to return its extensions component.
java.lang.String	parseFilter() Parses the LDAP URL to return its filter component.
java.lang.String	parseHost() Parses the LDAP URL to return its host component.
int	parsePort() Parses the LDAP URL to return its port component.
java.lang.String	parseScheme() Parses the LDAP URL to return its scheme component.
int	parseScope() Parses the LDAP URL to return its scope component.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LdapURLParser

public LdapURLParser(java.lang.String ldapurl)
              throws LdapURLException

Standard constructor — initializes a new parser using the String to be parsed.

Parameters:

ldapurl - the LDAP URL String to be parsed

Throws:

LdapURLException - if the URL String could not be parsed successfully

Method Detail

parseScheme

public java.lang.String parseScheme()

Parses the LDAP URL to return its scheme component.

Returns:

Returns a String representing the scheme component of the LDAP URL, or null if this is not an LDAP URL.

parseHost

public java.lang.String parseHost()

Parses the LDAP URL to return its host component.

Returns:

A String representing the host value of the LDAP URL, or null if the host component does not exist.

parsePort

public int parsePort()

Parses the LDAP URL to return its port component.

Returns:

An int representing the port value of the LDAP URL if it is specified. Returns the default port component of 389 if a port component is not specified.

parseDN

public Name parseDN()

Parses the LDAP URL to return its distinguished name (DN) value.

Returns:

An aik.asn1.structures.Name representing the distinguished name in the LDAP URL — null if the DN does not exist.

parseAttributes

public java.lang.String parseAttributes()

Parses the LDAP URL to return its attributes component.

Returns:

A String representing the attributes component of the LDAP URL. If the attributes component does not exist, the method returns null.

parseScope

public int parseScope()

Parses the LDAP URL to return its scope component.

Returns:

An int representing the scope value of the LDAP URL. If the scope component does not exist, the method returns the default value, base.

parseFilter

public java.lang.String parseFilter()

Parses the LDAP URL to return its filter component.

Returns:

A String representing the filter component of the LDAP URL. If the filter component does not exist, the method returns the default value (objectclass=*).

parseExtensions

public java.lang.String parseExtensions()

Parses the LDAP URL to return its extensions component.

Returns:

A String representing the extensions component of the LDAP URL, or null if the component does not exist.

isLdapURL

public boolean isLdapURL()

Determines whether the String in this LdapURLParser object is an LDAP URL.

According to RFC 2255, an LDAP URL must start with "ldap://". However, the toolkit will also allow the scheme to be case insensitive as recommended by RFC 1738:

 'For resiliency, programs interpreting URLs should treat upper case letters
  as equivalent to lower case in scheme names (e.g., allow "HTTP" as well as "http")'.
 

Returns:

Returns true, if the String in this LdapURLParser object is an LDAP URL, false otherwise.