Writing a simple custom partition for ApacheDS
On the mailing list, regularly people ask on how to write a custom partition in order to publish their data via LDAP. Please note that this is not an easy task. Nevertheless I try to give you a starting point with simple examaples.
What exactly is a partition?
Within ApacheDS, a partition is a physically distinct store for a subset of the entries contained within the server. A partition can be implemented using any storage mechanism or can even be backed in memory. The default storage mechanism for a partition is JDBM.