Here you can find the source of isDN(String user)
public static boolean isDN(String user)
//package com.java2s; /**//from w ww . jav a2 s. c o m * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. */ import javax.security.auth.x500.X500Principal; public class Main { public static boolean isDN(String user) { try { new X500Principal(user); return true; //Principal contains a DN -> ldap.lookup } catch (Exception ex) { //Principal does not contain a DN -> ldap.search return false; } } }