Name: krT82822 Date: 01/25/2000


java version "1.3beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3beta-0)
Java(TM) HotSpot Client VM (build 1.3beta-0, mixed mode)

We have been using Java to build a system that interfaces with Netscape
Directory Server 4.0. When we recently upgraded our JDK from 1.2.1 to 1.3beta,
we began to have problems with the LDAP. A search of the LDAP that previously
worked began to produce an error. The following code fragment sets up and runs
the search:

   private DirContext myCtx = null;
   private Hashtable myEnv=new Hashtable(11);

    //Set up context information.
    myEnv.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY,INITCTX);
    myEnv.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, myService);

    //Set up the binding information.
    myEnv.put(Context.SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION,AUTHTYPE);
    myEnv.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL,ACCESSDN);
    myEnv.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS,ACCESSPW);

                  . . . . . . . .

    //Try opening a connection to the LDAP service.
    try{
      myCtx = new InitialDirContext(myEnv);
    } catch(NamingException e) { }
 
                  . . . . . . . .

    Hashtable pdef = null;

    //Set up LDAP search controls for the query.
    SearchControls ctls = new SearchControls();
    ctls.setSearchScope(SearchControls.OBJECT_SCOPE);

    String filter = mySiteId;

    //Execute search
    try {
//Perform the query.
      NamingEnumeration answer = myCtx.search(mySearchBase,filter,ctls);
//Put the query information into a hashtable.
      pdef = putObjectIntoHashtable(answer);
      if (pdef.isEmpty()) {
        throw new java.io.IOException (
                  "Site Definition not found for site="+mySiteId);
      }
    } catch (Exception e) { }

In both the jdk1.2.1 and jdk1.3beta case the code is able to connect and bind to
the LDAP service, but in the jdk1.2.1 case the myCtx.search call produces a SRCH
access in the LDAP and in the jdk1.3beta case a CMP access is produced. This
information was gleaned from the LDAP access log. Needless to say the CMP
access was unsuccessful. We tried using the JNDI1.2.1 and LDAP1.2.1 releases
(which I believe are the versions bundled into jdk1.3beta) with jdk1.2.1 and had
no problems. The problem only seems to surface when using jdk1.3beta.
(Review ID: 99975)
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