com.metamatrix.connector.ldap
Class IQueryToLdapSearchParser

java.lang.Object
  com.metamatrix.connector.ldap.IQueryToLdapSearchParser

public class IQueryToLdapSearchParser
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class which translates a SQL query into an LDAP search.

Constructor Summary

IQueryToLdapSearchParser(ConnectorLogger logger, RuntimeMetadata rm, java.util.Properties props)
Constructor.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getNameFromElement(Element e) Method to get name from the supplied Element
LDAPSearchDetails	translateSQLQueryToLDAPSearch(IQuery query) Public entry point to the parser.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

IQueryToLdapSearchParser

public IQueryToLdapSearchParser(ConnectorLogger logger,
                                RuntimeMetadata rm,
                                java.util.Properties props)

Constructor.

Parameters:

logger - the connector logger

rm - the RuntimeMetadata

Method Detail

translateSQLQueryToLDAPSearch

public LDAPSearchDetails translateSQLQueryToLDAPSearch(IQuery query)
                                                throws ConnectorException

Public entry point to the parser. Parses the IQuery object, and constructs an equivalent LDAP search filter, keeping track of the attributes of interest. Here are some example SQL queries, and the equivalent LDAP search info: SQL: select cn, managerName from people_table where managerName LIKE "John%" and cn!="Mar()" Context name: [people_table's NameInSource, e.g. (ou=people,dc=company,dc=com)] LDAP attributes: (cn, String), (managerName, String) LDAP search filter: (&(managerName="John*")(!(cn="Mar\(\)")))

Parameters:

query - the query

Returns:

the LDAPSearchDetails object

Throws:

ConnectorException

getNameFromElement

public java.lang.String getNameFromElement(Element e)
                                    throws ConnectorException

Method to get name from the supplied Element

Parameters:

e - the supplied Element

Returns:

the name

Throws:

ConnectorException