Re: DSML and SPML functionality in javaldap

[Jon Roberts <jon@jonanddeb.net>]

Rastogi Arpit wrote:
>     I want to know how javaldap SPML and DSML functionality are used .
>     Incase if they are not used we can move away from them in the next 
> release .Want to know your opinion .

I use com.novell.ldap.util.DSMLWriter to express entries as DSML (v1). I 
don't see an argument to deprecate that class unless the functionality 
is replaced; it seems more natural to collect implementations of 
interfaces LDAPWriter and LDAPReader rather than discard functional ones.

Otherwise that's it. I never had an interest in SPML.

> Any suggestions and ideas to move the product ahead are welcome .

The most squirrelly bugs I recall had to do with the connection pool 
class. I find connection pools to be of great utility, and think the 
package would benefit from a robust class here. The Novell 
implementation is more sophisticated than the Netscape/Sun/Mozilla 
strain. That's a good thing so long as it's still thoroughly reliable.

Jon Roberts
www.mentata.com