The Java Developers Almanac 1.4

e482. Reading an Object's Attributes from the Directory

    try {
        // Specify the ids of the attributes to return
        String[] attrIDs = {"sn", "telephonenumber", "golfhandicap", "mail"};
    
        // Get the attributes requested
        Attributes answer = ctx.getAttributes("cn=Ted Geisel, ou=People", attrIDs);
    
        NamingEnumeration enum = answer.getAll();
        while (enum.hasMore()) {
            Attribute attr = (Attribute)enum.next();
            process(attr);
        }
    } catch (NamingException e) {
    }

Related Examples

e481. Creating an Initial Context to a Directory
e483. Modifying an Object's Attributes in the Directory
e484. Creating a Directory Entry
e485. Adding a Binding with Attributes to the Directory
e486. Performing a Basic Directory Search
e487. Searching the Directory by Using a Search Filter
e488. Searching a Subtree in the Directory
e489. Cancelling a Directory Search
e490. Getting an Object's Schema from the Directory
e491. Getting an Attribute's Schema from the Directory
e492. Authenticating to the Directory


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