Deletes a LDAP record. - Java javax.naming.directory

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Description

Deletes a LDAP record.

Demo Code

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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.naming.Context;
import javax.naming.NameNotFoundException;
import javax.naming.NamingEnumeration;
import javax.naming.NamingException;
import javax.naming.directory.Attribute;
import javax.naming.directory.Attributes;
import javax.naming.directory.BasicAttribute;
import javax.naming.directory.BasicAttributes;
import javax.naming.directory.DirContext;
import javax.naming.directory.InitialDirContext;
import javax.naming.directory.SearchControls;
import javax.naming.directory.SearchResult;

public class Main{
    private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(LDAPUtils.class
            .getName());
    /**
     * Deletes a record.
     * 
     * @param ctx
     *            DirContext
     * @param dn
     * @return true if record was deleted.
     * 
     */
    public static boolean deleteRecord(DirContext ctx, String dn) {

        boolean deleteStatus = false;
        try {
            ctx.destroySubcontext(dn);
            deleteStatus = true;
        } catch (NameNotFoundException ex) {
            logger.info("name not found:" + dn);
        } catch (NamingException ex) {
            logger.log(Level.SEVERE,
                    "NamingException : " + ex.getMessage(), ex);
        }
        return deleteStatus;
    }
}

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