org.sape.carboncontrib.jndi
Class InitialContextHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.sape.carboncontrib.jndi.InitialContextHelper

public class InitialContextHelper

extends Object

A helper class to create InitialContext objects required for JNDI lookups.

Field Summary

private static org.apache.commons.logging.Log	log
private static String	providerConfigName

Constructor Summary

InitialContextHelper()
Private Constructor: Don't let anyone instantiate this class

Method Summary

static InitialContext

getInitialContext(User user, String jndiProviderName) Gets the JNDI initial context for the supplied provider name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

log

private static final org.apache.commons.logging.Log log

providerConfigName

private static final String providerConfigName

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

InitialContextHelper

public InitialContextHelper()

Private Constructor: Don't let anyone instantiate this class

Method Detail

getInitialContext

public static InitialContext getInitialContext(User user,
                                               String jndiProviderName)
                                        throws NamingException

Gets the JNDI initial context for the supplied provider name.

Parameters:

user - the user object for authenticating to the JNDI service. If this parameter is null, the behaviour is determined by the JNDI service provider.

jndiProviderName - the name of the JNDI provider whose services are desired. If this parameter is set to null, you will get an InitialContext to the JNDI provider on the local server. JNDI provider names and their properties are stored in /jndi/jndi-providers.xml.

Returns:

InitialContext the initial context

Throws:

InvalidConfigurationException - if any required configration value does not exist.

NamingException - if there is any NamingException