import javax.naming.*; import javax.naming.directory.*; import javax.naming.ldap.*; import java.util.Hashtable; /** * Shows how an LdapName can be obtained from the search results. */ class RetrievingLdapName { public static void main(String[] args) { // Set up the environment for creating the initial context Hashtable env = new Hashtable(11); env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory"); env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "ldap://localhost:389/o=JNDITutorial"); try { // Create initial context DirContext ctx = new InitialDirContext(env); NamingEnumeration answer = ctx.search("ou=People", null); // Print the answer while (answer.hasMore()) { SearchResult sr = (SearchResult) answer.next(); String name = sr.getNameInNamespace(); System.out.println(name); LdapName dn = new LdapName(name); // do something with the dn } // Close the context when we're done ctx.close(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }