Re: Open issues with the Java LDAP API draft

[Rob Weltman <robw@worldspot.com>]

Steve Sonntag wrote:

>   LDAPReferralException 4.27 public class LDAPReferralException
>                   extends LDAPException
>
>    This exception, derived from LDAPException, is thrown when a server
>    returns a referral and automatic referral following has not been
>    enabled.Add to the above     or automatic referral following could not follow any referrals. -Steve

  That sounds hard to handle for a client. Are you thinking of the case where the referral points to a server which is inaccessible or which doesn't accept the credentials of the requestor? How would the client know which of those problems was being flagged if there is only a referral exception? And consequently, how would the client know what to do about it?

Rob