LDAP Programming with Java™

Chapter 4. Setting Up Your Own Directory

Now that you're familiar with LDAP and the features available in Directory SDK for Java, you're ready to start writing your own LDAP applications. To develop and run your own LDAP applications, you will need access to an LDAP directory. Although you can use public directories on the Internet, it is useful to set up your own directory. You can use an evaluation copy of Netscape Directory Server, included on the CD-ROM that comes with this book, to test your LDAP applications. Other LDAP servers that comply with LDAP version 3 will also work with the code and examples in this book, and much of the code will work also with servers that support only LDAP version 2, but some of the more advanced sections may ...