Using LdapTemplate with JNDI

[Alan Stewart]

Hi,
is it possible to configure the LdapContextSource of the LdapTemplate for a JNDI lookup? That is, I have the following specified in my context:

<bean id="ldapTemplate" class="org.springframework.ldap.LdapTemplate">
	<constructor-arg>
		<bean class="org.springframework.ldap.support.LdapContextSource">
		<property name="url" value="${ldap.url}" />
		<property name="base" value="${ldap.base}" />
		<property name="userName" value="${ldap.username}" />
		<property name="password" value="${ldap.password}" />
		<property name="baseEnvironmentProperties">
			<map>
				<entry key="java.naming.referral" value="follow" />
			</map>
		</property>
	</bean>
	</constructor-arg>
</bean>

The $ properties are stored in a properties file. I want to be able to just specify the JNDI name and let WebSphere manage the underlying connection parameters above, like jdbc data sources. Can the template be wrapped in a JndiObjectFactoryBean?
Thanks
Alan

[ulsa]

I would not store the LdapTemplate instance in JNDI, but rather the ContextSource instance, just as you would do with a DataSource. Then it would be trivial to tell ldapTemplate to use a ContextSource which is retrieved from a JndiObjectFactoryBean.

[Alan Stewart]

I would not store the LdapTemplate instance in JNDI, but rather the ContextSource instance, just as you would do with a DataSource. Then it would be trivial to tell ldapTemplate to use a ContextSource which is retrieved from a JndiObjectFactoryBean.

Thanks - I did mean the ContextSource as you say. Configuring a data source for jdbc access is easy in WebSphere 6 but I am not sure how to set up an LDAP connection as a JNDI instance. Anyway, I will try this today.
Thanks again
Alan

[ceedubs]

Did you end up finding a solution to this? We also have jdbc data sources setup in WebSphere (6.1), and access them in the spring context via jndi lookups. However, I cannot seem to figure out how to do the same sort of thing with an LDAP ContextSource.

Thank you.

[tuylieer]

thanks for this information, it is too important.

[PeterSaw]

Hi, can anyone post the solution if you have? Can we create the Jndi for Ldap ContextSource?
I do find some posts talking about it, but no solution finally.

[n99]

I too am looking for this but can't find an example. There are examples that get ldap conn details from jndi but not the ContextSource......