org.ldaptive.provider

Interface ProviderConnectionFactory<T extends ProviderConfig>

Type Parameters:

T - type of provider config for this connection factory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractJLdapConnectionFactory, AbstractProviderConnectionFactory, ApacheLdapConnectionFactory, JLdapConnectionFactory, JLdapSSLConnectionFactory, JLdapStartTLSConnectionFactory, JndiConnectionFactory, JndiStartTLSConnectionFactory, OpenDJConnectionFactory, UnboundIDConnectionFactory, UnboundIDStartTLSConnectionFactory

public interface ProviderConnectionFactory<T extends ProviderConfig>

Provides an interface for creating provider connections.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ProviderConnection	create() Create a connection to an LDAP.
T	getProviderConfig() Returns the provider configuration.

Method Detail

getProviderConfig

T getProviderConfig()

Returns the provider configuration.

Returns:

provider configuration

create

ProviderConnection create()
                   throws LdapException

Create a connection to an LDAP.

Returns:

provider connection

Throws:

LdapException - if an LDAP error occurs