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/*
  $Id: AbstractLdap.java 1440 2010-06-27 16:41:34Z dfisher $

  Copyright (C) 2003-2010 Virginia Tech.
  All rights reserved.

  SEE LICENSE FOR MORE INFORMATION

  Author:  Middleware Services
  Email:   [email protected]
  Version: $Revision: 1440 $
  Updated: $Date: 2010-06-27 12:41:34 -0400 (Sun, 27 Jun 2010) $
*/
package edu.vt.middleware.ldap;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import javax.naming.Binding;
import javax.naming.NameClassPair;
import javax.naming.NamingEnumeration;
import javax.naming.NamingException;
import javax.naming.directory.Attributes;
import javax.naming.directory.DirContext;
import javax.naming.directory.ModificationItem;
import javax.naming.directory.SearchControls;
import javax.naming.directory.SearchResult;
import javax.naming.ldap.Control;
import javax.naming.ldap.LdapContext;
import javax.naming.ldap.PagedResultsControl;
import javax.naming.ldap.PagedResultsResponseControl;
import edu.vt.middleware.ldap.handler.AttributeHandler;
import edu.vt.middleware.ldap.handler.AttributesProcessor;
import edu.vt.middleware.ldap.handler.ConnectionHandler;
import edu.vt.middleware.ldap.handler.CopyResultHandler;
import edu.vt.middleware.ldap.handler.SearchCriteria;
import edu.vt.middleware.ldap.handler.SearchResultHandler;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

/**
 * AbstractLdap contains the functions for basic interaction with a
 * LDAP. Methods are provided for connecting, binding, querying and updating.
 *
 * @param    type of LdapConfig
 *
 * @author  Middleware Services
 * @version  $Revision: 1440 $ $Date: 2010-06-27 12:41:34 -0400 (Sun, 27 Jun 2010) $
 */
public abstract class AbstractLdap implements BaseLdap
{

  /** Default copy search result handler, used if none supplied. */
  protected static final CopyResultHandler
  SR_COPY_RESULT_HANDLER = new CopyResultHandler();

  /** Default copy name class pair handler. */
  protected static final CopyResultHandler
  NCP_COPY_RESULT_HANDLER = new CopyResultHandler();

  /** Default copy binding handler. */
  protected static final CopyResultHandler
  BINDING_COPY_RESULT_HANDLER = new CopyResultHandler();

  /** Default copy result handler. */
  protected static final CopyResultHandler COPY_RESULT_HANDLER =
    new CopyResultHandler();

  /** Log for this class. */
  protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(this.getClass());

  /** LDAP connection handler. */
  protected ConnectionHandler connectionHandler;

  /** LDAP configuration environment. */
  protected T config;


  /**
   * This will set the config parameters of this Ldap.
   *
   * @param  ldapConfig  LdapConfig
   */
  protected void setLdapConfig(final T ldapConfig)
  {
    if (this.config != null) {
      this.config.checkImmutable();
    }
    this.config = ldapConfig;
  }


  /**
   * This will perform an LDAP compare operation with the supplied filter and
   * dn. Note that to perform a real LDAP compare operation, your filter
   * must be of the form '(name=value)'. Any other filter expression will result
   * in a regular object level search operation. In either case the desired
   * result is achieved, but the underlying LDAP invocation is different.
   *
   * @param  dn  String name to compare
   * @param  filter  String expression to use for compare
   * @param  filterArgs  Object[] to substitute for variables in
   * the filter
   *
   * @return  boolean - result of compare operation
   *
   * @throws  NamingException  if the LDAP returns an error
   */
  protected boolean compare(
    final String dn,
    final String filter,
    final Object[] filterArgs)
    throws NamingException
  {
    if (this.logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
      this.logger.debug("Compare with the following parameters:");
      this.logger.debug("  dn = " + dn);
      this.logger.debug("  filter = " + filter);
      this.logger.debug("  filterArgs = " + Arrays.toString(filterArgs));
      if (this.logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
        this.logger.trace("  config = " + this.config.getEnvironment());
      }
    }

    boolean success = false;
    LdapContext ctx = null;
    NamingEnumeration en = null;
    try {
      for (
        int i = 0;
          i <= this.config.getOperationRetry() ||
          this.config.getOperationRetry() == -1;
          i++) {
        try {
          ctx = this.getContext();
          en = ctx.search(
            dn,
            filter,
            filterArgs,
            LdapConfig.getCompareSearchControls());

          if (en.hasMore()) {
            success = true;
          }

          break;
        } catch (NamingException e) {
          this.operationRetry(ctx, e, i);
        }
      }
    } finally {
      if (en != null) {
        en.close();
      }
      if (ctx != null) {
        ctx.close();
      }
    }
    return success;
  }


  /**
   * This will query the LDAP with the supplied dn, filter, filter arguments,
   * and search controls. This method will perform a search whose scope is
   * defined in the search controls. The resulting Iterator is a
   * deep copy of the original search results. If filterArgs is null, then no
   * variable substitution will occur. See {@link
   * javax.naming.DirContext#search( String, String, Object[], SearchControls)}.
   *
   * @param  dn  String name to begin search at
   * @param  filter  String expression to use for the search
   * @param  filterArgs  Object[] to substitute for variables in
   * the filter
   * @param  searchControls  SearchControls to perform search with
   * @param  handler  SearchResultHandler[] to post process results
   *
   * @return  Iterator - of LDAP search results
   *
   * @throws  NamingException  if the LDAP returns an error
   */
  protected Iterator search(
    final String dn,
    final String filter,
    final Object[] filterArgs,
    final SearchControls searchControls,
    final SearchResultHandler... handler)
    throws NamingException
  {
    if (this.logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
      this.logger.debug("Search with the following parameters:");
      this.logger.debug("  dn = " + dn);
      this.logger.debug("  filter = " + filter);
      this.logger.debug("  filterArgs = " + Arrays.toString(filterArgs));
      this.logger.debug("  searchControls = " + searchControls);
      this.logger.debug("  handler = " + Arrays.toString(handler));
      if (this.logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
        this.logger.trace("  config = " + this.config.getEnvironment());
      }
    }

    List results = null;
    LdapContext ctx = null;
    NamingEnumeration en = null;
    try {
      for (
        int i = 0;
          i <= this.config.getOperationRetry() ||
          this.config.getOperationRetry() == -1;
          i++) {
        try {
          ctx = this.getContext();
          en = ctx.search(dn, filter, filterArgs, searchControls);

          if (handler != null && handler.length > 0) {
            final SearchCriteria sc = new SearchCriteria();
            if (ctx != null && !"".equals(ctx.getNameInNamespace())) {
              sc.setDn(ctx.getNameInNamespace());
            } else {
              sc.setDn(dn);
            }
            sc.setFilter(filter);
            sc.setFilterArgs(filterArgs);
            if (searchControls != null) {
              sc.setReturnAttrs(searchControls.getReturningAttributes());
            }
            for (int j = 0; j < handler.length; j++) {
              if (j == 0) {
                results = handler[j].process(
                  sc,
                  en,
                  this.config.getHandlerIgnoreExceptions());
              } else {
                results = handler[j].process(sc, results);
              }
            }
          } else {
            results = SR_COPY_RESULT_HANDLER.process(
              null,
              en,
              this.config.getHandlerIgnoreExceptions());
          }

          break;
        } catch (NamingException e) {
          this.operationRetry(ctx, e, i);
        }
      }
    } finally {
      if (en != null) {
        en.close();
      }
      if (ctx != null) {
        ctx.close();
      }
    }
    return results.iterator();
  }


  /**
   * This will query the LDAP with the supplied dn, filter, filter arguments,
   * and search controls. See {@link #search(String, String, Object[],
   * SearchControls, SearchResultHandler...)}. The PagedResultsControl is used
   * in conjunction with {@link LdapConfig#getPagedResultsSize()} to produce the
   * results.
   *
   * @param  dn  String name to begin search at
   * @param  filter  String expression to use for the search
   * @param  filterArgs  Object[] to substitute for variables in
   * the filter
   * @param  searchControls  SearchControls to perform search with
   * @param  handler  SearchResultHandler[] to post process results
   *
   * @return  Iterator - of LDAP search results
   *
   * @throws  NamingException  if the LDAP returns an error
   */
  protected Iterator pagedSearch(
    final String dn,
    final String filter,
    final Object[] filterArgs,
    final SearchControls searchControls,
    final SearchResultHandler... handler)
    throws NamingException
  {
    if (this.logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
      this.logger.debug("Paginated search with the following parameters:");
      this.logger.debug("  dn = " + dn);
      this.logger.debug("  filter = " + filter);
      this.logger.debug("  filterArgs = " + Arrays.toString(filterArgs));
      this.logger.debug("  searchControls = " + searchControls);
      this.logger.debug("  handler = " + Arrays.toString(handler));
      if (this.logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
        this.logger.trace("  config = " + this.config.getEnvironment());
      }
    }

    final List results = new ArrayList();
    LdapContext ctx = null;
    NamingEnumeration en = null;
    try {
      for (
        int i = 0;
          i <= this.config.getOperationRetry() ||
          this.config.getOperationRetry() == -1;
          i++) {
        try {
          byte[] cookie = null;
          ctx = this.getContext();
          ctx.setRequestControls(
            new Control[] {
              new PagedResultsControl(
                this.config.getPagedResultsSize(),
                Control.CRITICAL),
            });
          do {
            List pagedResults = null;
            en = ctx.search(dn, filter, filterArgs, searchControls);

            if (handler != null && handler.length > 0) {
              final SearchCriteria sc = new SearchCriteria();
              if (ctx != null && !"".equals(ctx.getNameInNamespace())) {
                sc.setDn(ctx.getNameInNamespace());
              } else {
                sc.setDn(dn);
              }
              sc.setFilter(filter);
              sc.setFilterArgs(filterArgs);
              if (searchControls != null) {
                sc.setReturnAttrs(searchControls.getReturningAttributes());
              }
              for (int j = 0; j < handler.length; j++) {
                if (j == 0) {
                  pagedResults = handler[j].process(
                    sc,
                    en,
                    this.config.getHandlerIgnoreExceptions());
                } else {
                  pagedResults = handler[j].process(sc, pagedResults);
                }
              }
            } else {
              pagedResults = SR_COPY_RESULT_HANDLER.process(
                null,
                en,
                this.config.getHandlerIgnoreExceptions());
            }

            results.addAll(pagedResults);

            final Control[] controls = ctx.getResponseControls();
            if (controls != null) {
              for (int j = 0; j < controls.length; j++) {
                if (controls[j] instanceof PagedResultsResponseControl) {
                  final PagedResultsResponseControl prrc =
                    (PagedResultsResponseControl) controls[j];
                  cookie = prrc.getCookie();
                }
              }
            }

            // re-activate paged results
            ctx.setRequestControls(
              new Control[] {
                new PagedResultsControl(
                  this.config.getPagedResultsSize(),
                  cookie,
                  Control.CRITICAL),
              });

          } while (cookie != null);

          break;
        } catch (NamingException e) {
          this.operationRetry(ctx, e, i);
        } catch (IOException e) {
          if (this.logger.isErrorEnabled()) {
            this.logger.error("Could not encode page size into control", e);
          }
          throw new NamingException(e.getMessage());
        }
      }
    } finally {
      if (en != null) {
        en.close();
      }
      if (ctx != null) {
        ctx.close();
      }
    }
    return results.iterator();
  }


  /**
   * This will query the LDAP for the supplied dn, matching attributes and
   * return attributes. This method will always perform a one level search. The
   * resulting Iterator is a deep copy of the original search
   * results. If matchAttrs is empty or null then all objects in the target
   * context are returned. If retAttrs is null then all attributes will be
   * returned. If retAttrs is an empty array then no attributes will be
   * returned. See {@link javax.naming.DirContext#search(String, Attributes,
   * String[])}.
   *
   * @param  dn  String name to search in
   * @param  matchAttrs  Attributes attributes to match
   * @param  retAttrs  String[] attributes to return
   * @param  handler  SearchResultHandler[] to post process results
   *
   * @return  Iterator - of LDAP search results
   *
   * @throws  NamingException  if the LDAP returns an error
   */
  protected Iterator searchAttributes(
    final String dn,
    final Attributes matchAttrs,
    final String[] retAttrs,
    final SearchResultHandler... handler)
    throws NamingException
  {
    if (this.logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
      this.logger.debug("One level search with the following parameters:");
      this.logger.debug("  dn = " + dn);
      this.logger.debug("  matchAttrs = " + matchAttrs);
      this.logger.debug(
        "  retAttrs = " +
        (retAttrs == null ? "all attributes" : Arrays.toString(retAttrs)));
      this.logger.debug("  handler = " + Arrays.toString(handler));
      if (this.logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
        this.logger.trace("  config = " + this.config.getEnvironment());
      }
    }

    List results = null;
    LdapContext ctx = null;
    NamingEnumeration en = null;
    try {
      for (
        int i = 0;
          i <= this.config.getOperationRetry() ||
          this.config.getOperationRetry() == -1;
          i++) {
        try {
          ctx = this.getContext();
          en = ctx.search(dn, matchAttrs, retAttrs);

          if (handler != null && handler.length > 0) {
            final SearchCriteria sc = new SearchCriteria();
            if (ctx != null && !"".equals(ctx.getNameInNamespace())) {
              sc.setDn(ctx.getNameInNamespace());
            } else {
              sc.setDn(dn);
            }
            sc.setMatchAttrs(matchAttrs);
            sc.setReturnAttrs(retAttrs);
            if (handler != null && handler.length > 0) {
              for (int j = 0; j < handler.length; j++) {
                if (j == 0) {
                  results = handler[j].process(
                    sc,
                    en,
                    this.config.getHandlerIgnoreExceptions());
                } else {
                  results = handler[j].process(sc, results);
                }
              }
            }
          } else {
            results = SR_COPY_RESULT_HANDLER.process(
              null,
              en,
              this.config.getHandlerIgnoreExceptions());
          }

          break;
        } catch (NamingException e) {
          this.operationRetry(ctx, e, i);
        }
      }
    } finally {
      if (en != null) {
        en.close();
      }
      if (ctx != null) {
        ctx.close();
      }
    }
    return results.iterator();
  }


  /**
   * This will enumerate the names bounds to the specified context, along with
   * the class names of objects bound to them. The resulting 
   * Iterator is a deep copy of the original search results. See {@link
   * javax.naming.Context#list(String)}.
   *
   * @param  dn  String LDAP context to list
   *
   * @return  Iterator - LDAP search result
   *
   * @throws  NamingException  if the LDAP returns an error
   */
  protected Iterator list(final String dn)
    throws NamingException
  {
    if (this.logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
      this.logger.debug("list with the following parameters:");
      this.logger.debug("  dn = " + dn);
      if (this.logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
        this.logger.trace("  config = " + this.config.getEnvironment());
      }
    }

    List results = null;
    LdapContext ctx = null;
    NamingEnumeration en = null;
    try {
      for (
        int i = 0;
          i <= this.config.getOperationRetry() ||
          this.config.getOperationRetry() == -1;
          i++) {
        try {
          ctx = this.getContext();
          en = ctx.list(dn);

          results = NCP_COPY_RESULT_HANDLER.process(
            null,
            en,
            this.config.getHandlerIgnoreExceptions());

          break;
        } catch (NamingException e) {
          this.operationRetry(ctx, e, i);
        }
      }
    } finally {
      if (en != null) {
        en.close();
      }
      if (ctx != null) {
        ctx.close();
      }
    }
    return results.iterator();
  }


  /**
   * This will enumerate the names bounds to the specified context, along with
   * the objects bound to them. The resulting Iterator is a deep
   * copy of the original search results. See {@link
   * javax.naming.Context#listBindings(String)}.
   *
   * @param  dn  String LDAP context to list
   *
   * @return  Iterator - LDAP search result
   *
   * @throws  NamingException  if the LDAP returns an error
   */
  protected Iterator listBindings(final String dn)
    throws NamingException
  {
    if (this.logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
      this.logger.debug("listBindings with the following parameters:");
      this.logger.debug("  dn = " + dn);
      if (this.logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
        this.logger.trace("  config = " + this.config.getEnvironment());
      }
    }

    List results = null;
    LdapContext ctx = null;
    NamingEnumeration en = null;
    try {
      for (
        int i = 0;
          i <= this.config.getOperationRetry() ||
          this.config.getOperationRetry() == -1;
          i++) {
        try {
          ctx = this.getContext();
          en = ctx.listBindings(dn);

          results = BINDING_COPY_RESULT_HANDLER.process(
            null,
            en,
            this.config.getHandlerIgnoreExceptions());

          break;
        } catch (NamingException e) {
          this.operationRetry(ctx, e, i);
        }
      }
    } finally {
      if (en != null) {
        en.close();
      }
      if (ctx != null) {
        ctx.close();
      }
    }
    return results.iterator();
  }


  /**
   * This will return the matching attributes associated with the supplied dn.
   * If retAttrs is null then all attributes will be returned. If retAttrs is an
   * empty array then no attributes will be returned. See {@link
   * javax.naming.DirContext#getAttributes(String, String[])}.
   *
   * @param  dn  String named object in the LDAP
   * @param  retAttrs  String[] attributes to return
   * @param  handler  AttributeHandler[] to post process results
   *
   * @return  Attributes
   *
   * @throws  NamingException  if the LDAP returns an error
   */
  protected Attributes getAttributes(
    final String dn,
    final String[] retAttrs,
    final AttributeHandler... handler)
    throws NamingException
  {
    if (this.logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
      this.logger.debug("Attribute search with the following parameters:");
      this.logger.debug("  dn = " + dn);
      this.logger.debug(
        "  retAttrs = " +
        (retAttrs == null ? "all attributes" : Arrays.toString(retAttrs)));
      this.logger.debug("  handler = " + Arrays.toString(handler));
      if (this.logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
        this.logger.trace("  config = " + this.config.getEnvironment());
      }
    }

    LdapContext ctx = null;
    Attributes attrs = null;
    try {
      for (
        int i = 0;
          i <= this.config.getOperationRetry() ||
          this.config.getOperationRetry() == -1;
          i++) {
        try {
          ctx = this.getContext();
          attrs = ctx.getAttributes(dn, retAttrs);

          if (handler != null && handler.length > 0) {
            final SearchCriteria sc = new SearchCriteria();
            if (ctx != null && !"".equals(ctx.getNameInNamespace())) {
              sc.setDn(ctx.getNameInNamespace());
            } else {
              sc.setDn(dn);
            }
            for (int j = 0; j < handler.length; j++) {
              attrs = AttributesProcessor.executeHandler(
                sc,
                attrs,
                handler[j],
                this.config.getHandlerIgnoreExceptions());
            }
          }

          break;
        } catch (NamingException e) {
          this.operationRetry(ctx, e, i);
        }
      }
    } finally {
      if (ctx != null) {
        ctx.close();
      }
    }
    return attrs;
  }


  /**
   * This will return the LDAP schema associated with the supplied dn. The
   * resulting Iterator is a deep copy of the original search
   * results. See {@link javax.naming.DirContext#getSchema(String)}.
   *
   * @param  dn  String named object in the LDAP
   *
   * @return  Iterator - LDAP search result
   *
   * @throws  NamingException  if the LDAP returns an error
   */
  protected Iterator getSchema(final String dn)
    throws NamingException
  {
    if (this.logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
      this.logger.debug("Schema search with the following parameters:");
      this.logger.debug("  dn = " + dn);
      if (this.logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
        this.logger.trace("  config = " + this.config.getEnvironment());
      }
    }

    List results = null;
    LdapContext ctx = null;
    DirContext schema = null;
    NamingEnumeration en = null;
    try {
      for (
        int i = 0;
          i <= this.config.getOperationRetry() ||
          this.config.getOperationRetry() == -1;
          i++) {
        try {
          ctx = this.getContext();
          schema = ctx.getSchema(dn);
          en = schema.search("", null);

          results = SR_COPY_RESULT_HANDLER.process(
            null,
            en,
            this.config.getHandlerIgnoreExceptions());

          break;
        } catch (NamingException e) {
          this.operationRetry(ctx, e, i);
        }
      }
    } finally {
      if (schema != null) {
        schema.close();
      }
      if (en != null) {
        en.close();
      }
      if (ctx != null) {
        ctx.close();
      }
    }
    return results.iterator();
  }


  /**
   * This will modify the supplied attributes for the supplied value given by
   * the modification operation. modOp must be one of: ADD_ATTRIBUTE,
   * REPLACE_ATTRIBUTE, REMOVE_ATTRIBUTE. The order of the modifications is not
   * specified. Where possible, the modifications are performed atomically. See
   * {@link javax.naming.DirContext#modifyAttributes( String, int, Attributes)}.
   *
   * @param  dn  String named object in the LDAP
   * @param  modOp  int modification operation
   * @param  attrs  Attributes attributes to be used for the
   * operation, may be null
   *
   * @throws  NamingException  if the LDAP returns an error
   */
  protected void modifyAttributes(
    final String dn,
    final int modOp,
    final Attributes attrs)
    throws NamingException
  {
    if (this.logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
      this.logger.debug("Modify attributes with the following parameters:");
      this.logger.debug("  dn = " + dn);
      this.logger.debug("  modOp = " + modOp);
      this.logger.debug("  attrs = " + attrs);
      if (this.logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
        this.logger.trace("  config = " + this.config.getEnvironment());
      }
    }

    LdapContext ctx = null;
    try {
      for (
        int i = 0;
          i <= this.config.getOperationRetry() ||
          this.config.getOperationRetry() == -1;
          i++) {
        try {
          ctx = this.getContext();
          ctx.modifyAttributes(dn, modOp, attrs);
          break;
        } catch (NamingException e) {
          this.operationRetry(ctx, e, i);
        }
      }
    } finally {
      if (ctx != null) {
        ctx.close();
      }
    }
  }


  /**
   * This will modify the supplied dn using the supplied modifications. The
   * modifications are performed in the order specified. Each modification
   * specifies a modification operation code and an attribute on which to
   * operate. Where possible, the modifications are performed atomically. See
   * {@link javax.naming.DirContext#modifyAttributes(String,
   * ModificationItem[])}.
   *
   * @param  dn  String named object in the LDAP
   * @param  mods  ModificationItem[] modifications
   *
   * @throws  NamingException  if the LDAP returns an error
   */
  protected void modifyAttributes(
    final String dn,
    final ModificationItem[] mods)
    throws NamingException
  {
    if (this.logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
      this.logger.debug("Modify attributes with the following parameters:");
      this.logger.debug("  dn = " + dn);
      this.logger.debug("  mods = " + Arrays.toString(mods));
      if (this.logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
        this.logger.trace("  config = " + this.config.getEnvironment());
      }
    }

    LdapContext ctx = null;
    try {
      for (
        int i = 0;
          i <= this.config.getOperationRetry() ||
          this.config.getOperationRetry() == -1;
          i++) {
        try {
          ctx = this.getContext();
          ctx.modifyAttributes(dn, mods);
          break;
        } catch (NamingException e) {
          this.operationRetry(ctx, e, i);
        }
      }
    } finally {
      if (ctx != null) {
        ctx.close();
      }
    }
  }


  /**
   * This will create the supplied dn in the LDAP namespace with the supplied
   * attributes. See {@link javax.naming.DirContext#createSubcontext(String,
   * Attributes)}. Note that the context created by this operation is
   * immediately closed.
   *
   * @param  dn  String named object in the LDAP
   * @param  attrs  Attributes attributes to be added to this entry
   *
   * @throws  NamingException  if the LDAP returns an error
   */
  protected void create(final String dn, final Attributes attrs)
    throws NamingException
  {
    if (this.logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
      this.logger.debug("Create name with the following parameters:");
      this.logger.debug("  dn = " + dn);
      this.logger.debug("  attrs = " + attrs);
      if (this.logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
        this.logger.trace("  config = " + this.config.getEnvironment());
      }
    }

    LdapContext ctx = null;
    try {
      for (
        int i = 0;
          i <= this.config.getOperationRetry() ||
          this.config.getOperationRetry() == -1;
          i++) {
        try {
          ctx = this.getContext();
          ctx.createSubcontext(dn, attrs).close();
          break;
        } catch (NamingException e) {
          this.operationRetry(ctx, e, i);
        }
      }
    } finally {
      if (ctx != null) {
        ctx.close();
      }
    }
  }


  /**
   * This will rename the supplied dn in the LDAP namespace. See {@link
   * javax.naming.Context#rename(String, String)}.
   *
   * @param  oldDn  String object to rename
   * @param  newDn  String new name
   *
   * @throws  NamingException  if the LDAP returns an error
   */
  protected void rename(final String oldDn, final String newDn)
    throws NamingException
  {
    if (this.logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
      this.logger.debug("Rename name with the following parameters:");
      this.logger.debug("  oldDn = " + oldDn);
      this.logger.debug("  newDn = " + newDn);
      if (this.logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
        this.logger.trace("  config = " + this.config.getEnvironment());
      }
    }

    LdapContext ctx = null;
    try {
      for (
        int i = 0;
          i <= this.config.getOperationRetry() ||
          this.config.getOperationRetry() == -1;
          i++) {
        try {
          ctx = this.getContext();
          ctx.rename(oldDn, newDn);
          break;
        } catch (NamingException e) {
          this.operationRetry(ctx, e, i);
        }
      }
    } finally {
      if (ctx != null) {
        ctx.close();
      }
    }
  }


  /**
   * This will delete the supplied dn from the LDAP namespace. Note that this
   * method does not throw NameNotFoundException if the supplied dn does not
   * exist. See {@link javax.naming.Context#destroySubcontext(String)}.
   *
   * @param  dn  String named object in the LDAP
   *
   * @throws  NamingException  if the LDAP returns an error
   */
  protected void delete(final String dn)
    throws NamingException
  {
    if (this.logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
      this.logger.debug("Delete name with the following parameters:");
      this.logger.debug("  dn = " + dn);
      if (this.logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
        this.logger.trace("  config = " + this.config.getEnvironment());
      }
    }

    LdapContext ctx = null;
    try {
      for (
        int i = 0;
          i <= this.config.getOperationRetry() ||
          this.config.getOperationRetry() == -1;
          i++) {
        try {
          ctx = this.getContext();
          ctx.destroySubcontext(dn);
          break;
        } catch (NamingException e) {
          this.operationRetry(ctx, e, i);
        }
      }
    } finally {
      if (ctx != null) {
        ctx.close();
      }
    }
  }


  /**
   * This will establish a connection if one does not already exist by binding
   * to the LDAP using parameters given by {@link LdapConfig#getBindDn()} and
   * {@link LdapConfig#getBindCredential()}. If these parameters have not been
   * set then an anonymous bind will be attempted. This connection must be
   * closed using {@link #close}. Any method which requires an LDAP connection
   * will call this method independently. This method should only be used if you
   * need to verify that you can connect to the LDAP.
   *
   * @return  boolean - whether the connection was successful
   *
   * @throws  NamingException  if the LDAP cannot be reached
   */
  public synchronized boolean connect()
    throws NamingException
  {
    boolean success = false;
    if (this.connectionHandler == null) {
      this.connectionHandler = this.config.getConnectionHandler().newInstance();
    }
    if (this.connectionHandler.isConnected()) {
      success = true;
    } else {
      this.connectionHandler.connect(
        this.config.getBindDn(),
        this.config.getBindCredential());
      success = true;
    }
    return success;
  }


  /**
   * This will close the current connection to the LDAP and establish a new
   * connection to the LDAP using {@link #connect}.
   *
   * @return  boolean - whether the connection was successful
   *
   * @throws  NamingException  if the LDAP cannot be reached
   */
  public synchronized boolean reconnect()
    throws NamingException
  {
    this.close();
    return this.connect();
  }


  /** This will close the connection to the LDAP. */
  public synchronized void close()
  {
    if (this.connectionHandler != null) {
      try {
        this.connectionHandler.close();
      } catch (NamingException e) {
        if (this.logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
          this.logger.warn("Error closing connection with the LDAP", e);
        }
      } finally {
        this.connectionHandler = null;
      }
    }
  }


  /**
   * This will return an initialized connection to the LDAP.
   *
   * @return  LdapContext
   *
   * @throws  NamingException  if the LDAP returns an error
   */
  protected LdapContext getContext()
    throws NamingException
  {
    this.connect();
    if (
      this.connectionHandler != null &&
        this.connectionHandler.isConnected()) {
      return this.connectionHandler.getLdapContext().newInstance(null);
    } else {
      return null;
    }
  }


  /**
   * Confirms whether the supplied exception matches an exception from {@link
   * LdapConfig#getOperationRetryExceptions()} and the supplied count is less
   * than {@link LdapConfig#getOperationRetry()}. {@link
   * LdapConfig#getOperationRetryWait()} is used in conjunction with {@link
   * LdapConfig#getOperationRetryBackoff()} to delay retries. Calls {@link
   * #close()} if no exception is thrown, which allows the client to reconnect
   * when the operation is performed again.
   *
   * @param  ctx  LdapContext that performed the operation
   * @param  e  NamingException that was thrown
   * @param  count  int operation attempts
   *
   * @throws  NamingException  if the operation won't be retried
   */
  protected void operationRetry(
    final LdapContext ctx,
    final NamingException e,
    final int count)
    throws NamingException
  {
    boolean ignoreException = false;
    final Class[] ignore = this.config.getOperationRetryExceptions();
    if (ignore != null && ignore.length > 0) {
      for (Class ne : ignore) {
        if (ne.isInstance(e)) {
          ignoreException = true;
          break;
        }
      }
    }
    if (
      ignoreException &&
        (count < this.config.getOperationRetry() ||
          this.config.getOperationRetry() == -1)) {
      if (this.logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
        this.logger.warn(
          "Error performing LDAP operation, " +
          "retrying (attempt " + count + ")",
          e);
      }
      if (ctx != null) {
        ctx.close();
      }
      this.close();
      if (this.config.getOperationRetryWait() > 0) {
        long sleepTime = this.config.getOperationRetryWait();
        if (this.config.getOperationRetryBackoff() > 0 && count > 0) {
          sleepTime = sleepTime * this.config.getOperationRetryBackoff() *
              count;
        }
        try {
          Thread.sleep(sleepTime);
        } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
          if (this.logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
            this.logger.debug("Operation retry wait interrupted", e);
          }
        }
      }
    } else {
      throw e;
    }
  }


  /**
   * Provides a descriptive string representation of this instance.
   *
   * @return  String of the form $Classname@hashCode::config=$config.
   */
  @Override
  public String toString()
  {
    return
      String.format(
        "%s@%d::config=%s",
        this.getClass().getName(),
        this.hashCode(),
        this.config);
  }


  /**
   * Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection
   * determines that there are no more references to the object.
   *
   * @throws  Throwable  if an exception is thrown by this method
   */
  protected void finalize()
    throws Throwable
  {
    try {
      this.close();
    } finally {
      super.finalize();
    }
  }
}