netscape.ldap
Interface LDAPSocketFactory

All Known Subinterfaces:

LDAPSSLSocketFactoryExt

All Known Implementing Classes:

JSSESocketFactory, JSSSocketFactory

public interface LDAPSocketFactory

Represents a socket connection that you can use to connect to an LDAP server. You can write a class that implements this interface if you want to use a TLS socket to connect to a secure server. (The LDAPSSLSocketFactory class, which is included in the netscape.ldap package, implements this interface for SSL connections.)

When you construct a new LDAPConnection object, you can specify that the connection use this socket. To do this, pass the constructor an object of the class that implements this interface.

See Also:

LDAPConnection.LDAPConnection(netscape.ldap.LDAPSocketFactory), LDAPSSLSocketFactory

Method Summary

java.net.Socket

makeSocket(java.lang.String host, int port) Returns a socket to the specified host name and port number.

Method Detail

makeSocket

public java.net.Socket makeSocket(java.lang.String host,
                                  int port)
                           throws LDAPException

Returns a socket to the specified host name and port number.

Parameters:

host - name of the host to which you want to connect

port - port number to which you want to connect

Throws:

LDAPException - Failed to create the socket.

See Also:

LDAPSSLSocketFactory.makeSocket(java.lang.String,int)