org.nuxeo.ecm.directory.ldap.dns

Interface DNSServiceResolver

All Known Implementing Classes:

DNSServiceResolverImpl

public interface DNSServiceResolver

Utility to fetch SRV records from a DNS server to get the list of available ldap servers from the DN representation of the domain.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRV_record

Author:

Robert Browning

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	DNS_CACHE_EXPIRY DNS Cache Expiry property
static String	LDAP_SERVICE_PREFIX Prefix to locate LDAP service on DNS Server.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<DNSServiceEntry>	resolveLDAPDomainServers(String domain) Returns a list of LDAP servers for the specified domain by performing an SRV DNS lookup on _ldap._tcp.${domain}.
List<DNSServiceEntry>	resolveLDAPDomainServers(String domain, String prefix) Returns a list of LDAP servers for the specified domain by performing an SRV DNS lookup using a custom DNS service prefix.

Field Detail

DNS_CACHE_EXPIRY

static final String DNS_CACHE_EXPIRY

DNS Cache Expiry property

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Constant Field Values

LDAP_SERVICE_PREFIX

static final String LDAP_SERVICE_PREFIX

Prefix to locate LDAP service on DNS Server.

service: _ldap
protocol: _tcp

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

resolveLDAPDomainServers

List<DNSServiceEntry> resolveLDAPDomainServers(String domain)
                                        throws NamingException

Returns a list of LDAP servers for the specified domain by performing an SRV DNS lookup on _ldap._tcp.${domain}.

Parameters:

domain -

Returns:

the list of SRV dns entries

Throws:

NamingException

resolveLDAPDomainServers

List<DNSServiceEntry> resolveLDAPDomainServers(String domain,
                                               String prefix)
                                        throws NamingException

Returns a list of LDAP servers for the specified domain by performing an SRV DNS lookup using a custom DNS service prefix.

Parameters:

domain -

prefix - custom SRV prefix such as "_gc._tcp"

Returns:

the list of SRV dns entries

Throws:

NamingException