From api-return-24-apmail-directory-api-archive=directory.apache.org@directory.apache.org Mon Nov 30 11:27:05 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-directory-api-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: (qmail 20528 invoked from network); 30 Nov 2009 11:27:05 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 30 Nov 2009 11:27:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 57971 invoked by uid 500); 30 Nov 2009 11:27:05 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-directory-api-archive@directory.apache.org Received: (qmail 57949 invoked by uid 500); 30 Nov 2009 11:27:04 -0000 Mailing-List: contact api-help@directory.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: api@directory.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list api@directory.apache.org Received: (qmail 57939 invoked by uid 99); 30 Nov 2009 11:27:04 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:27:04 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.0 required=10.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [192.18.6.24] (HELO gmp-eb-inf-2.sun.com) (192.18.6.24) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:26:54 +0000 Received: from fe-emea-10.sun.com (gmp-eb-lb-1-fe1.eu.sun.com [192.18.6.7] (may be forged)) by gmp-eb-inf-2.sun.com (8.13.7+Sun/8.12.9) with ESMTP id nAUBQXVI025093 for ; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:26:33 GMT MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from conversion-daemon.fe-emea-10.sun.com by fe-emea-10.sun.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.04 64bit (built Jul 2 2009)) id <0KTX00G003CKT500@fe-emea-10.sun.com> for api@directory.apache.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:26:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [129.157.211.161] ([unknown] [129.157.211.161]) by fe-emea-10.sun.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.04 64bit (built Jul 2 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0KTX00E2D6G2V680@fe-emea-10.sun.com>; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:26:26 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:26:27 +0100 From: Matthew Swift Subject: Re: Let's start for real ? In-reply-to: Sender: Matthew.Swift@Sun.COM To: api@directory.apache.org Cc: Emmanuel Lecharny Message-id: <4B13ABE3.0@sun.com> References: <4B0C0163.9040607@nextury.com> <6D888D9C-17B1-40F2-B642-C5621256FF46@sun.com> <4B0F9ABB.8050900@gmail.com> <4B0FA57F.7000305@sun.com> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.6pre) Gecko/20091129 Shredder/3.0.1pre X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On 27/11/09 11:18, Emmanuel Lecharny wrote: >> Anyway, we can cross this bridge when we come to it. I don't think that it's >> a priority now. >> > Absolutely. > > In fact, to be frank, the reason I mentionned this problem is because > we had a full JNDI layer built into ADS, and we ditched it last year. > The problem was that it was not easy to ditch it cimpletely, as the > external interface was still JNDI, and I had to write the converters, > which was a PITA. > > Now, considering what is doing UnboundId, ie a JNDI layer on top of > their API, at some point, we may need to design a SPI based on our > API. But again, everything will be buried in the code, and it's not a > big deal. > > So +1 to keep Attribute. > > > PS : I will create a Wiki page where we will be able to define the API > and comment it, so that we can converge at some point. > Cool - send out the link to it when it's available. Matt