Re: Ldap API Custom Controls
Le 04/09/2017 à 08:49, Radovan Semancik a écrit : > Hi, > > I have implemented a couple of controls myself. Perhaps the best > approach is to do it right in the Apache Directory API source code. > And contribute it back, of course :-) > Start from any existing control. E.g. you can have a look at my AD > DirSync control > (org.apache.directory.api.ldap.extras.controls.ad.AdDirSync). It is > enough to have some basic idea how LDAP protocol works and how the API > works. Most of the work is mostly copy&paste. There are 3-4 classes to > create. It is not difficult to figure out. Actually, the tricky part is the grammar, which is a state engine description. -- Emmanuel Lecharny Symas.com directory.apache.org
Re: Ldap API Custom Controls
On 09/04/2017 09:02 AM, Emmanuel Lécharny wrote: Actually, the tricky part is the grammar, which is a state engine description. Oh, that is usually not that difficult either. Most of those "custom" controls are very simple. Just a couple of fields. Complex data structures seem to be very rare. If you start with existing control that is somehow similar it is not difficult to implement a new control. -- Radovan Semancik Software Architect evolveum.com
Re: Ldap API Custom Controls
Le 04/09/2017 à 09:16, Radovan Semancik a écrit : > On 09/04/2017 09:02 AM, Emmanuel Lécharny wrote: >> Actually, the tricky part is the grammar, which is a state engine >> description. > > Oh, that is usually not that difficult either. Most of those "custom" > controls are very simple. Just a couple of fields. Complex data > structures seem to be very rare. If you start with existing control > that is somehow similar it is not difficult to implement a new control. FTR, the code I provided yesterday night in one of my previous mail took me around 30 mins, all included. For a more complex control, like syncrepl, that would have takne a bit more time, mainly because you want to add unit tests to cover teh various cases. Now, I think that we should provide a bit of documentation about how to implement a control... -- Emmanuel Lecharny Symas.com directory.apache.org
Re: Ldap API Custom Controls
Thanks for the suggestions and code examples. I'll work on adding this new control and let you know if I have any issues. ~Chris Pike - Original Message - From: "Emmanuel Lécharny" To: "api" Sent: Monday, September 4, 2017 3:46:49 AM Subject: Re: Ldap API Custom Controls Le 04/09/2017 à 09:16, Radovan Semancik a écrit : > On 09/04/2017 09:02 AM, Emmanuel Lécharny wrote: >> Actually, the tricky part is the grammar, which is a state engine >> description. > > Oh, that is usually not that difficult either. Most of those "custom" > controls are very simple. Just a couple of fields. Complex data > structures seem to be very rare. If you start with existing control > that is somehow similar it is not difficult to implement a new control. FTR, the code I provided yesterday night in one of my previous mail took me around 30 mins, all included. For a more complex control, like syncrepl, that would have takne a bit more time, mainly because you want to add unit tests to cover teh various cases. Now, I think that we should provide a bit of documentation about how to implement a control... -- Emmanuel Lecharny Symas.com directory.apache.org
