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The UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java is a fast, comprehensive, and easy-to-use Java API for communicating with LDAP directory servers and performing related tasks like reading and writing LDIF, encoding and decoding data using base64 and ASN.1 BER, and performing secure communication. This package contains the Standard Edition of the LDAP SDK, which is a complete, general-purpose library for communicating with LDAPv3 directory servers.

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/*
 * Copyright 2009-2018 Ping Identity Corporation
 * All Rights Reserved.
 */
/*
 * Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Ping Identity Corporation
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPLv2 only)
 * or the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPLv2.1 only)
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, see .
 */
package com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.migrate.ldapjdk;



import com.unboundid.util.Extensible;
import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafety;
import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafetyLevel;



/**
 * This interface defines a method that can be used to retrieve information to
 * use to bind to a server when following referrals.
 * 


 * This class is primarily intended to be used in the process of updating
 * applications which use the Netscape Directory SDK for Java to switch to or
 * coexist with the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java.  For applications not written
 * using the Netscape Directory SDK for Java, the
 * {@link com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.ReferralConnector} class should be used
 * instead.
 */
@Extensible()
@ThreadSafety(level=ThreadSafetyLevel.INTERFACE_THREADSAFE)
public interface LDAPRebind
{
  /**
   * Retrieves information that should be used when authenticating to the
   * specified server for the purpose of following a referral.
   *
   * @param  host  The address of the server to which the connection will be
   *               established.
   * @param  port  The port of the server to which the connection will be
   *               established.
   *
   * @return  Information that should be used when authenticating to the
   *          specified server.
   */
  LDAPRebindAuth getRebindAuthentication(String host, int port);
}