spring-ldap-1.3.1.RELEASE-with-dependencies.zip

Spring LDAP 1.3.1 (Nov 2010) ---------------------------- http://www.springframework.org/ldap http://forum.springframework.org/forumdisplay.php?f=40 1. INTRODUCTION Spring LDAP is a library to simplify LDAP programming in Java, built on the same principles as Spring Jdbc. The LdapTemplate class encapsulates all the plumbing work involved in traditional LDAP programming, such as creating, looping through NamingEnumerations, handling Exceptions and cleaning up resources. This leaves the programmer to handle the important stuff - where to find data (DNs and Filters) and what do do with it (map to and from domain objects, bind, modify, unbind, etc.), in the same way that JdbcTemplate relieves the programmer of all but the actual SQL and how the data maps to the domain model. In addition to this, Spring LDAP provides Exception translation from NamingExceptions to an unchecked exception hirearchy, as well as several utilities for working with filters, LDAP paths and Attributes. As of version 1.2, support for client-side compensating transaction is provided, as well as Java 5 generics support with the SimpleLdapTemplate. As of version 1.3.1, there is support for LDIF parsing and Object-Directory Mapping (ODM). See changelog.txt for detailed information on the changes included in the current release. 2. RELEASE INFO Spring LDAP requires J2SE 1.4 and Spring 2.x for running. J2SE 1.5 is required for building. J2EE 1.4 (Servlet 2.3, JSP 1.2) is required for running the example. "." contains Spring LDAP distribution units (jars and source zip archives), readme, and copyright "dist" contains the Spring LDAP distribution "dist/modules" contains the Spring LDAP modules The -with-dependencies distribution contains the following additional content: "dist/module-sources" contains the Spring LDAP modules "docs" contains the Spring LDAP reference manual and API Javadocs "samples" contains buildable Spring LDAP sample application sources "lib" contains the Spring LDAP dependencies Nightly builds are available for download from: http://static.springframework.org/spring-ldap/downloads/1.3-snapshot-download.php Spring LDAP is released under the terms of the Apache Software License (see license.txt). 3. DISTRIBUTION JAR FILES The following distinct jar files are included in the distribution. This list specifies the respective contents and third-party dependencies. * spring-ldap-core-1.3.1.RELEASE.jar - Contents: The Spring LDAP library - Dependencies: Commons Logging, Commons Lang, Commons Pool, spring-beans, spring-core, spring-context, spring-jdbc, spring-tx, ldapbp * spring-ldap-core-tiger-1.3.1.RELEASE.jar - Contents: The Spring LDAP Java 5 support library - Dependencies: Commons Logging, Commons Lang, Commons Pool, spring-beans, spring-core, spring-context, spring-jdbc, spring-tx, ldapbp * spring-ldap-test-1.3.1.RELEASE.jar - Contents: Support classes that helps LDAP with integration testing. - Dependencies: Commons Logging, Commons Lang, Commons Pool, spring-beans, spring-core, spring-context, spring-jdbc, spring-tx, ldapbp * spring-ldap-ldif-core-1.3.1.RELEASE.jar - Contents: The Spring LDAP LDIF parsing library. - Dependencies: Commons Logging, Commons Lang, spring-beans, spring-core, spring-ldap-core * spring-ldap-ldif-batch-1.3.1.RELEASE.jar - Contents: The Spring Batch integration layer for the LDIF parsing library. - Dependencies: Commons Logging, spring-batch, spring-beans, spring-core, spring-ldap-core, spring-ldap-ldif-core * spring-ldap-odm-1.3.1.RELEASE.jar - Contents: The Object-Directory Mapping (ODM) framework. - Dependencies: Commons Logging, Commons CLI, spring-beans, spring-ldap-core, spring-ldap-core-tiger 4. MAVEN USERS All major releases of this library are available in the central Maven repository. Note that the artifacts have changed names between the 1.2.x and 1.3 releases: spring-ldap is now spring-ldap-core spring-ldap-tiger is now spring-ldap-core-tiger This means that in order to use the latest release (1.3.1.RELEASE), you need to include the following dependencies: <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.ldap</groupId> <artifactId>spring-ldap-core</artifactId> <version>1.3.1.RELEASE</version> </dependency> For Java 1.5 support: <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.ldap</groupId> <artifactId>spring-ldap-core-tiger</artifactId> <version>1.3.1.RELEASE</version> </dependency> Milestone releases (such as release candidates) are available from the Spring framework milestone repo: <repository> <id>spring-milestone</id> <name>Spring Portfolio Milestone Repository</name> <url>http://s3.amazonaws.com/maven.springframework.org/milestone</url> </repository> This means that in order to use a milestone or release candidate, you need to specify the repository above and include the following dependencies: <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.ldap</groupId> <artifactId>spring-ldap-core</artifactId> <version>2.0.0.RC1</version> </dependency> For Java 1.5 support: <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.ldap</groupId> <artifactId>spring-ldap-core-tiger</artifactId> <version>2.0.0.RC1</version> </dependency> Nighly builds are published to the snapshot repository: <repository> <id>spring-snapshot</id> <name>Spring Portfolio Snapshot Repository</name> <url>http://s3.amazonaws.com/maven.springframework.org/snapshot</url> </repository> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.ldap</groupId> <artifactId>spring-ldap-core</artifactId> <version>2.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version> </dependency> For Java 1.5 support: <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.ldap</groupId> <artifactId>spring-ldap-core-tiger</artifactId> <version>2.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version> </dependency> 5. WHERE TO START This distribution contains documentation and a sample application illustrating the features of Spring LDAP. A great way to get started is to review and run the sample application, supplementing with reference manual material as needed. You will require Maven 2, which can be downloaded from http://maven.apache.org/, for building Spring LDAP. To build deployable .war files for all samples, simply access the "samples" directory and execute the "mvn package" command. Alternatively, go to a sample and run "mvn jetty:run" to run the sample directly in a Jetty 6 Web container. 6. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES The Spring LDAP homepage can be found at the following URL: http://www.springframework.org/ldap Spring LDAP support forums are located at: http://forum.springframework.org/forumdisplay.php?f=40 The Spring Framework portal is located at: http://www.springframework.org