LDAP Programming with Java™ - Hardcover

Weltman, Rob; Dahbura, Tony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0201657589 ISBN 13: 9780201657586

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 2000

Synopsis

In this book, the creators of the Directory SDK for Java show how it can be used to build powerful, standards-based directory applications that leverage LDAP directory information on intranets, the Internet, even in E-commerce applications. Start by reviewing what Directories are, what directory-enabled applications can accomplish, and the key elements of the LDAP directory standard. Next, establish a directory application development environment; learn how the Directory SDK for Java can be used to build LDAP-enabled applications; and walk through retrieving, creating, maintaining, and securing directory information. Along the way, developers will learn how to build LDAP-aware applets; script LDAP with JavaScript and Java; use LDAP on a Web server; create reusable LDAP JavaBeans; optimize the performance of their LDAP-enabled applications; and much more. For all intermediate to advanced Java and network programmers, system, network, and messaging administrators.

About this title

About the Author

Rob Weltman is Director of the Directory Management Solutions Group at Netscape and is the designer of the Directory SDK for Java.

Tony Dahbura is a Lead Engineer at Netscape. He specializes in LDAP implementation and planning, as well as the use of the Java language to facilitate LDAP access and usage.

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From the Back Cover

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is now a staple of enterprise and Internet software environments. Anyone involved with Internet development, where Java(TM) technology is prominent, or in enterprise information systems must understand how to use Java technology--especially the Directory SDK for Java--in order to unlock the power of LDAP.

Written by the designer of the Directory SDK for Java and by a leading implementor of directory-based solutions,LDAP Programming with Java(TM) is the first accurate, concise, and complete guide on accessing LDAP from Java applications. Assuming familiarity with Java programming, the book provides a comprehensive discussion of LDAP, from basic directory concepts to the most advanced techniques. It collects in one convenient resource the many innovative and experience-based techniques and approaches programmers have discovered for using the Directory SDK to solve LDAP access challenges.

If you are new to LDAP, you will find helpful background information about the role of directories in today's software systems; LDAP methods of storing, accessing, searching, and updating data; and how the Directory SDK for Java helps applications gain access to an LDAP server. Once you have become proficient with the essential concepts and techniques, you can move on to detailed material about authentication, LDAP and JavaScript(TM), working with JavaBeans(TM) for reusable LDAP components, expressing data relationships in a directory, and other advanced LDAP subjects.

Specific topics covered include:

• The LDAP naming and information models
• The command-line tools of the SDK
• Authentication with a password, SSL, and SASL
• Configuring access control
• Writing LDAP applets for a browser
• Accessing the SDK from JavaScript
• Storing configuration and preferences in a directory
• Encapsulating LDAP functionality in a JavaBean
• Using LDAP in Java servlets
• LDAP URLs
• Multiple threads and multiple connections
• Referrals and replicated systems
• LDAP controls
• Synchronous and asynchronous operations
• Performance tips

LDAP Programming with Java(TM) also presents numerous examples, from simple code snippets to complete components and applications.

Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201657589
• ISBN 13: 9780201657586
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 720