Introduction
This is the Java implementation of a new LDAP API. This effort was initially conducted with the OpenDS team.
Background
There are a few existing LDAP API around there. Here is a short list and description.
API |
Version |
License |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
0.1 |
ASL 2.0 |
The Apache Directory Server CLient API. |
|
2008_03-01-1 |
OpenLDAP Public License |
A Novell contribution to the OpenLDAP project |
|
1.2 |
Sun license |
This is not a pure LDAP API, however it's included in J2SE since Java 5. Probably the API selected by many developers |
|
4.17 |
Netscape Public License |
The Mozilla API, formally the Netscape LDAP API |
|
N/A |
CDDL |
The OpenDS API |
|
0.9.10 |
GPLv2 |
A new API developed by the UnboundID company |
(There may be some more we don't know about)
Features
The User Guide pages gives the list of features the API provides.