org.ldaptive.provider
Interface ProviderConnectionFactory<T extends ProviderConfig>

Type Parameters:

T - type of provider config for this connection factory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractProviderConnectionFactory, JndiConnectionFactory, JndiStartTLSConnectionFactory

public interface ProviderConnectionFactory<T extends ProviderConfig>

Provides an interface for creating provider connections.

Version:

$Revision: 2885 $ $Date: 2014-02-05 16:28:49 -0500 (Wed, 05 Feb 2014) $

Author:

Middleware Services

Method Summary

ProviderConnection	create() Create a connection to an LDAP.
T	getProviderConfig() Returns the provider configuration.

Method Detail

getProviderConfig

T getProviderConfig()

Returns the provider configuration.

Returns:

provider configuration

create

ProviderConnection create()
                          throws LdapException

Create a connection to an LDAP.

Returns:

provider connection

Throws:

LdapException - if an LDAP error occurs