LDAPBind in ldap-java-api-11.txt

["Steve Sonntag" <VTAG@novell.com>]

 Re: LDAPBind, section 4.4

I was just thinking about the LDAPBind functionality, specifically the bind method.

Would it make sense to pass into the bind method the whole array
of referral strings associated with a referral, i.e.

public LDAPConnection bind(String[] ldapurl, LDAPConnection conn)
                    throws LDAPException

The semantics are that the application implementing the LDAPBind interface
binds with one server in the list and then returns the connection.  If it cannot
bind with any, it throws an appropriate LDAPException.

This allows the application use its own mechanisms to make a "best choice"
out of the list of servers and to see the whole list at once.

What do you think?  Is this an improvement or a cause for confusion?

-Steve

 

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Steve Sonntag
Novell, Inc., the leading provider of Net services software