Using UnboundID LDAP SDK Directory API from Scala

I'm very new in the world of LDAP Directory Services. After installing ApacheDS Server, Apache Directory Studio LDAP GUI Client, and trying the plain old ldapsearch and ldapcompare command-line utilities, it was time for me to do some integration with Java applications (I'm actually trying to query LDAP directory from Ant build script task).

The most popular and programmer-friendly LDAP API at the moment is UnboundID LDAP SDK. To get a feel of how it works, I decided to use Scala REPL interpreter. I really love this tool (and the Scala programming language itself) more and more every time I use it!

The screen captures below doesn't do justice to the Scala interpreter. The tab-completion works really well!
Indeed the UnboundID LDAP SDK is really easy to use, and it's better with powerful Scala & its versatile interpreter for a quick ride. :-)

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Connect & Bind using UnboundID LDAP SDK and Scala

ceefour@annafi:~/vendor/unboundid-ldapsdk-2.2.0-se$ scala -cp unboundid-ldapsdk-se.jar  Welcome to Scala version 2.9.0.1 (Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM, Java 1.6.0_25). Type in expressions to have them evaluated. Type :help for more information. scala> import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk._ import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk._ scala> val con = new LDAPConnection con: com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.LDAPConnection = LDAPConnection(not connected) scala> con.connect("localhost", 10389) scala> con.bind("uid=admin,ou=system","password") res5: com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.BindResult = LDAPResult(resultCode=0 (success), messageID=1)

Connect & Bind via SSL

scala> import com.unboundid.util.ssl._ import com.unboundid.util.ssl._ scala> var sslUtil = new SSLUtil( new TrustAllTrustManager() ) sslUtil: com.unboundid.util.ssl.SSLUtil = com.unboundid.util.ssl.SSLUtil@43763e0b scala> var socketFactory = sslUtil.createSSL createSSLContext createSSLServerSocketFactory createSSLSocketFactory scala> var socketFactory = sslUtil.createSSLSocketFactory socketFactory: javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory = com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketFactoryImpl@43d7a5a scala> val con = new LDAPConnection LDAPConnection LDAPConnectionInternals LDAPConnectionOptions LDAPConnectionPool LDAPConnectionPoolHealthCheck LDAPConnectionPoolHealthCheckThread LDAPConnectionPoolStatistics LDAPConnectionReader LDAPConnectionStatistics scala> val con = new LDAPConnection(socketFactory, "localhost", 10636) con: com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.LDAPConnection = LDAPConnection(connected to localhost:10636) scala> con.bind("uid=admin,ou=system","password") res18: com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.BindResult = LDAPResult(resultCode=0 (success), messageID=1)

Search

scala> val results=con.search("ou=system",SearchScope.SUB,"(uid=admin)") results: com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.SearchResult = SearchResult(resultCode=0 (success), messageID=3, entriesReturned=1, referencesReturned=0) scala> results.getSearchEntries res8: java.util.List[com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.SearchResultEntry] = [SearchResultEntry(dn='uid=admin,ou=system', messageID=3, attributes={Attribute(name=uid, values={'admin'}), Attribute(name=keyAlgorithm, values={'RSA'}), Attribute(name=sn, values={'administrator'}), Attribute(name=objectClass, values={'person', 'organizationalPerson', 'inetOrgPerson', 'tlsKeyInfo', 'top'}), Attribute(name=displayName, values={'Directory Superuser'}), Attribute(name=cn, values={'system administrator'}), Attribute(name=publicKey, base64Values={'MFwwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADSwAwSAJBAJjX2EbUDyBZYFPfsSNMZRsW3mLc/KiKRO6pck3J3eFMKErXA7jxpiho/Eoc6RWgxut2K3aITnQZIl1hHF6Hv30CAwEAAQ=='}), Attribute(name=privateKeyFormat, values={'PKCS#8'}), Attribute(name=publicKeyFormat, values={'X.509'}), Attribute(name=privateKey, ba... scala> results.getSearchEntries.get(0) res11: com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.SearchResultEntry = SearchResultEntry(dn='uid=admin,ou=system', messageID=3, attributes={Attribute(name=uid, values={'admin'}), Attribute(name=keyAlgorithm, values={'RSA'}), Attribute(name=sn, values={'administrator'}), Attribute(name=objectClass, values={'person', 'organizationalPerson', 'inetOrgPerson', 'tlsKeyInfo', 'top'}), Attribute(name=displayName, values={'Directory Superuser'}), Attribute(name=cn, values={'system administrator'}), Attribute(name=publicKey, base64Values={'MFwwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADSwAwSAJBAJjX2EbUDyBZYFPfsSNMZRsW3mLc/KiKRO6pck3J3eFMKErXA7jxpiho/Eoc6RWgxut2K3aITnQZIl1hHF6Hv30CAwEAAQ=='}), Attribute(name=privateKeyFormat, values={'PKCS#8'}), Attribute(name=publicKeyFormat, values={'X.509'}), Attribute(name=privateKey, base64Values={'MII...

Compare

scala> con.compare("uid=admin,ou=system", "userPassword", "password") res12: com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.CompareResult = LDAPResult(resultCode=5 (compare false), messageID=4, opType='compare', matchedDN='uid=admin,ou=system') scala> con.compare("uid=admin,ou=system", "uid", "admin") res13: com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.CompareResult = LDAPResult(resultCode=6 (compare true), messageID=5, opType='compare', matchedDN='uid=admin,ou=system')

Get Entry & Attribute Value

scala> val entry = con.getEntry("uid=admin,ou=system") entry: com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.SearchResultEntry = SearchResultEntry(dn='uid=admin,ou=system', messageID=7, attributes={Attribute(name=uid, values={'admin'}), Attribute(name=keyAlgorithm, values={'RSA'}), Attribute(name=sn, values={'administrator'}), Attribute(name=objectClass, values={'person', 'organizationalPerson', 'inetOrgPerson', 'tlsKeyInfo', 'top'}), Attribute(name=displayName, values={'Directory Superuser'}), Attribute(name=cn, values={'system administrator'}), Attribute(name=publicKey, base64Values={'MFwwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADSwAwSAJBAJjX2EbUDyBZYFPfsSNMZRsW3mLc/KiKRO6pck3J3eFMKErXA7jxpiho/Eoc6RWgxut2K3aITnQZIl1hHF6Hv30CAwEAAQ=='}), Attribute(name=privateKeyFormat, values={'PKCS#8'}), Attribute(name=publicKeyFormat, values={'X.509'}), Attribute(name=privateKey, base64Values={'MII... scala> entry.getAttribute getAttribute getAttributeValue getAttributeValueAsBoolean getAttributeValueAsDN getAttributeValueAsDate getAttributeValueAsInteger getAttributeValueAsLong getAttributeValueByteArrays getAttributeValueBytes getAttributeValues getAttributes getAttributesWithOptions scala> entry.getAttribute def getAttribute(String): Attribute def getAttribute(String, schema.Schema): Attribute scala> entry.getAttribute("userPassword") res16: com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.Attribute = Attribute(name=userPassword, values={'{SHA}W6ph5Mm5Pz8GgiULbPgzG37mj9g='}) scala> entry.getAttributeValue("userPassword") res17: java.lang.String = {SHA}W6ph5Mm5Pz8GgiULbPgzG37mj9g=