Search by specifying a search filter and search controls - Java JNDI

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Search by specifying a search filter and search controls

Demo Code

import javax.naming.*;
import javax.naming.directory.*;

import java.util.Hashtable;

/**/*from ww w .  j  av a 2 s.  c om*/
 * Demonstrates how to perform a search by specifying a search filter
 * and search controls. Functionally identical to Search.java.
 *
 * usage: java SearchWithFilter
 */
class SearchWithFilter {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // Set up the environment for creating the initial context
        Hashtable<String, Object> env = new Hashtable<String, Object>(11);
        env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY,
                "com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory");
        env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "ldap://localhost:389/o=JNDITutorial");

        try {
            // Create initial context
            DirContext ctx = new InitialDirContext(env);

            // Specify the ids of the attributes to return
            String[] attrIDs = { "sn", "telephonenumber", "golfhandicap",
                    "mail" };
            SearchControls ctls = new SearchControls();
            ctls.setReturningAttributes(attrIDs);

            // Specify the search filter to match
            // Ask for objects with attribute sn == Smith and which have
            // the "mail" attribute.
            String filter = "(&(sn=Smith)(mail=*))";

            // Search for objects using filter
            NamingEnumeration answer = ctx
                    .search("ou=People", filter, ctls);

            // Print the answer
//            Search.printSearchEnumeration(answer);

            // Close the context when we're done
            ctx.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

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