Shows how to format DNs with special characters by escaping the values : RDN « JNDI LDAP « Java

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Shows how to format DNs with special characters by escaping the values

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import javax.naming.InvalidNameException;
import javax.naming.ldap.LdapName;
import javax.naming.ldap.Rdn;

/*
 * Shows how to format DNs with special characters by escaping the values
 */

public class EscapingDNs {

  public static void main(String args[]) {
    try {
      // DN with ',' (comma) in its attribute value
      String unformatted = "Juicy, Fruit";
      String formatted = Rdn.escapeValue(unformatted);
      LdapName dn = new LdapName("cn=" + formatted);
      System.out.println("dn:" + dn);

      // DN with a '+' (plus) in its attribute value
      unformatted = "true+false";
      formatted = Rdn.escapeValue(unformatted);
      dn = new LdapName("cn=" + formatted);
      System.out.println("dn:" + dn);

      // DN with a binary value as its attribute value
      byte[] bytes = new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4 };
      formatted = Rdn.escapeValue(bytes);
      System.out.println("Orig val: " + bytes + " Escaped val: " + formatted);
    } catch (InvalidNameException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}

 

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