chuckb%netscape.com a85bc4645d Java LDAP SDK
git-svn-id: svn://10.0.0.236/trunk@6597 18797224-902f-48f8-a5cc-f745e15eee43
1998-07-28 00:58:49 +00:00

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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
*
* The contents of this file are subject to the Netscape Public License
* Version 1.0 (the "NPL"); you may not use this file except in
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*
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* WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the NPL
* for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
* NPL.
*
* The Initial Developer of this code under the NPL is Netscape
* Communications Corporation. Portions created by Netscape are
* Copyright (C) 1998 Netscape Communications Corporation. All Rights
* Reserved.
*/
package netscape.ldap;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
/**
* Represents a socket connection that you can use to connect to an
* LDAP server. You can write a class that implements this interface
* if you want to use a TLS socket to connect to a secure server.
* (The <CODE>LDAPSSLSocketFactory class</CODE>, which is included
* in the <CODE>netscape.ldap</CODE> package, implements this
* interface for SSL connections.)
* <P>
*
* When you construct a new <CODE>LDAPConnection</CODE>
* object, you can specify that the connection uses his socket by
* passing the constructor an object of the class that implements
* this interface.
* <P>
*
* @version 1.0
* @see LDAPConnection#LDAPConnection(netscape.ldap.LDAPSocketFactory)
* @see LDAPSSLSocketFactory
*/
public interface LDAPSocketFactory {
/**
* Returns a socket to the specified host name and port number.
* <P>
*
* @param host Name of the host that you want to connect to.
* @param port Port number that you want to connect to.
* @exception LDAPException Failed to create the socket.
* @see LDAPSSLSocketFactory#makeSocket(java.lang.String,int)
*/
public Socket makeSocket(String host, int port)
throws LDAPException;
}