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LDAP jndi connection (java + jboss eap 6)

i'm new to ldap and also to jndi resources and even to jboss (lol) and i'm trying to figure out how to make this working. I need to connect with an LDAP server which config is defined in Jboss standalone.xml file, and need to access it through jndi within java.

I've defined in standalone.xml and external-context to connect with LDAP:

<subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:naming:1.4">
        <bindings>
          <external-context name="java:global/ldap" module="org.jboss.as.naming" class="javax.naming.ldap.InitialLdapContext" cache="true">
              <environment>
                 <property name="java.naming.factory.initial" value="com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory"/>
                 <property name="java.naming.provider.url" value="ldap://host:port"/>
                 <property name="java.naming.security.authentication" value="simple"/>
                 <property name="java.naming.security.principal" value="user"/>
                 <property name="java.naming.security.credentials" value="password"/>
               </environment>
            </external-context>
         </bindings>
        <remote-naming/>
</subsystem>

Then in java i've this code:

InitialLdapContext ctx = new InitialLdapContext();
LdapContext ldapContext = null;
ldapContext = (LdapContext) ctx.lookup("java:global/ldap"));

But when the lookup executes i get the following error:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: javax.naming.ldap.InitialLdapContext.<init>(java.util.Hashtable)

I've tried many different examples but i can't get anything working...

Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • Finally I've solved it this way, using InitialDirContext as class of external context.

    standalone.xml:

    <subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:naming:1.4">
        <bindings>
          <external-context name="java:global/ldap" module="org.jboss.as.naming" class="javax.naming.directory.InitialDirContext" cache="true">
              <environment>
                 <property name="java.naming.factory.initial" value="com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory"/>
                 <property name="java.naming.provider.url" value="ldap://host:port"/>
                 <property name="java.naming.security.authentication" value="simple"/>
                 <property name="java.naming.security.principal" value="user"/>
                 <property name="java.naming.security.credentials" value="password"/>
               </environment>
            </external-context>
         </bindings>
        <remote-naming/>
</subsystem>

    In java:

    InitialDirContext ldapContext = new InitialDirContext();
ldapContext = (InitialDirContext) new InitialContext().lookup("java:global/ldap");

    And I get the context correctly, I hope this can help somebody else.