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package com.unboundid.ldap.sdk;
import com.unboundid.util.Extensible;
import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafety;
import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafetyLevel;
/**
* This interface defines an API that may be used to establish a connection
* (and perform authentication if appropriate) to a remote server when following
* a referral.
*
* Implementations of this interface should be threadsafe to ensure that
* multiple connections will be able to safely use the same
* {@code ReferralConnector} instance.
*/
@Extensible()
@ThreadSafety(level=ThreadSafetyLevel.INTERFACE_THREADSAFE)
public interface ReferralConnector
{
/**
* Retrieves an (optionally authenticated) LDAP connection for use in
* following a referral as defined in the provided LDAP URL. The connection
* will automatically be closed after the referral has been followed.
*
* @param referralURL The LDAP URL representing the referral being followed.
* @param connection The connection on which the referral was received.
*
* @return An LDAP connection established and optionally authenticated to the
* target system that may be used to attempt to follow a referral.
*
* @throws LDAPException If a problem occurs while establishing the
* connection or performing authentication on it. If
* an exception is thrown, then any underlying
* connection should be terminated before the
* exception is thrown.
*/
LDAPConnection getReferralConnection(LDAPURL referralURL,
LDAPConnection connection)
throws LDAPException;
}