Hi Alex,

Thank you for your quick response. Things are a lot
clearer now.

As I have just started to work on this VD project, I
will have to learn the Apache Directory code base
first. But I would love to contribute the code back if
it is of any use to other people. 

I can’t promise anything yet at this stage but I will
keep you posted if I make any progress regarding the
DAP controls support. And thanks a lot for the
fantastic work you guys have done to make ApacheDS
what it is today.

Van

--- Alex Karasulu <aok123@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Van Nhu wrote:
> 
> >Hi everyone,
> >
> >I am trying to implement a Virtual Directory.
> Because
> >the Virtual Directory will not store any
> information
> >itself, its primary job is to split and redirect
> the
> >LDAP requests to each of the contributing data
> >sources, and merge the result sets when responding
> to
> >a search request, so I am leaning towards using
> just
> >MINA plus a cut down version of the LDAP Provider
> (as
> >opposed to using the full ApacheDS) to do the job.
> >  
> >
> That works.
> 
> >One of the requirements is that the Virtual
> Directory
> >must suppsdort the LDAP v3 Paged Results Control
> (RFC
> >2696). But I am having problems reading this
> control
> >inside the
>
>org.apache.ldap.server.protocol.support.SearchHandler
> >class.
> >  
> >
> Care to contribute this code and/or work on it here
> in the ldap protocol 
> handler?
> 
> >When my LDAP client invokes the following methods
> on
> >the LDAP Context:
> >    ctx.setRequestControls( new Control[] {new
> >PagedResultsControl( pageSize ) } );
> >    ctx.search( … );
> >
> >...I receive an empty Control[] array with this
> line
> >of code inside the SearchHandler:
> >    Control[] reqCtls = ( Control[] )
> >req.getControls().toArray( EMPTY );
> >  
> >
> Yeah controls are not fully functional just yet.
> Lot's of work to do in 
> there.
> 
> >Likewise, I thought that if my LDAP client sets:
> >    jndiEnv.put( Context.REFERRAL, "ignore");
> >...before connecting to the Virtual Directory with:
> >    ctx = new InitialLdapContext(jndiEnv, null);
> >
> >Then this line inside the BindHandler:
> >    Control[] reqCtls = ( Control[] )
> >req.getControls().toArray( EMPTY );
> >...should return an array that contains the
> >com.sun.jndi.ldap.ManageReferralControl, but
> instead
> >it returns an empty array like the previous case.
> >
> >  
> >
> Yep that's the expected behavoir at this point. We
> need to build up this 
> aspect of the LDAP protocol provider.
> 
> >I suspect that there is a bug in the ASN1
> >  
> >
> Nope we have no controls or support for controls
> yet.
> 
> >coder/decoder where the LDAP controls are not being
> >processed correctly, and would really appreciate if
> >someone could shed some light on this.
> >  
> >
> We'd have to add that.
> 
> >By the way, I am using ApacheDS with subversion
> >revision number 330381 checked out from the main
> >trunk.
> >  
> >
> Alex
> 
> 
> 



		
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