Initial migration out of cristal-kernel

author: Andrew Branson <andrew.branson@cern.ch> 2014-06-12 19:49:01 +0200
committer: Andrew Branson <andrew.branson@cern.ch> 2014-06-12 19:49:01 +0200
commit: 6aa1f44575a48bdc633fdf6a3274fd6a1a4065b9 (patch)
tree: 8119c78f4bc8fbd71a8ee76d6d65fc78617653a7
13 files changed, 1923 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+/.classpath
+/.project
+/.settings
+/target
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<groupId>cristal</groupId>
+	<artifactId>cristal-ldap</artifactId>
+	<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<name>cristal-ldap</name>
+	<description>CRISTAL Module</description>
+	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+	</properties>
+	<build>
+		<resources>
+			<resource>
+				<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+				<targetPath>META-INF/cristal</targetPath>
+				<filtering>true</filtering>
+				<includes>
+					<include>module.xml</include>
+				</includes>
+			</resource>
+			<resource>
+				<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+				<targetPath>com/c2kernel/lookup/ldap/resources</targetPath>
+				<excludes>
+					<exclude>module.xml</exclude>
+				</excludes>
+			</resource>
+		</resources>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.3.2</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.6</source>
+					<target>1.6</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+	<distributionManagement>
+		<repository>
+			<id>cccs.releases</id>
+			<url>http://dev.cccs.uwe.ac.uk:8081/nexus/content/repositories/releases</url>
+		</repository>
+		<snapshotRepository>
+			<id>cccs.snapshots</id>
+			<url>http://dev.cccs.uwe.ac.uk:8081/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+		</snapshotRepository>
+	</distributionManagement>
+
+	<repositories>
+		<repository>
+			<id>cccs.releases</id>
+			<name>CCCS Nexus Release Repository</name>
+			<url>http://dev.cccs.uwe.ac.uk:8081/nexus/content/repositories/releases</url>
+			<releases>
+				<enabled>true</enabled>
+			</releases>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>false</enabled>
+			</snapshots>
+		</repository>
+		<repository>
+			<id>cccs.snapshots</id>
+			<name>CCCS Nexus Snapshot Repository</name>
+			<url>http://dev.cccs.uwe.ac.uk:8081/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+			<releases>
+				<enabled>false</enabled>
+			</releases>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>true</enabled>
+			</snapshots>
+		</repository>
+		<repository>
+			<id>cccs.public</id>
+			<name>CCCS Nexus Public Repository</name>
+			<url>http://dev.cccs.uwe.ac.uk:8081/nexus/content/repositories/public</url>
+		</repository>
+	</repositories>
+	<dependencyManagement>
+		<dependencies>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>cristal</groupId>
+				<artifactId>cristal-kernel</artifactId>
+				<version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>com.novell.ldap</groupId>
+				<artifactId>jldap</artifactId>
+				<version>4.3</version>
+			</dependency>
+		</dependencies>
+	</dependencyManagement>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>cristal</groupId>
+			<artifactId>cristal-kernel</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.novell.ldap</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jldap</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+</project>
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/lookup/ldap/LDAPAuthManager.java b/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/lookup/ldap/LDAPAuthManager.java
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+package com.c2kernel.lookup.ldap;
+
+import com.c2kernel.common.InvalidDataException;
+import com.c2kernel.common.ObjectNotFoundException;
+import com.c2kernel.process.Gateway;
+import com.c2kernel.process.auth.Authenticator;
+import com.c2kernel.utils.Logger;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPConnection;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPException;
+
+public class LDAPAuthManager implements Authenticator {
+
+    private LDAPConnection mLDAPConn;
+    private LDAPProperties ldapProps;
+    
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean authenticate(String agentName,
+			String password, String resource) throws InvalidDataException, ObjectNotFoundException {
+		
+		ldapProps = new LDAPProperties(Gateway.getProperties());
+		
+        if (ldapProps.mHost!=null && ldapProps.mPort!= null && ldapProps.mLocalPath!=null )
+        {
+            try { // anonymously bind to LDAP and find the agent entry for the username
+                ldapProps.mUser = "";
+                ldapProps.mPassword = "";
+                mLDAPConn = LDAPLookupUtils.createConnection(ldapProps);
+                LDAPLookup anonLookup = new LDAPLookup(ldapProps);
+                anonLookup.open(this);
+                String agentDN = anonLookup.getFullDN(anonLookup.getAgentPath(agentName));
+
+                //found agentDN, try to log in with it
+                ldapProps.mUser = agentDN;
+                ldapProps.mPassword = password;
+                mLDAPConn = LDAPLookupUtils.createConnection(ldapProps);
+                return true;
+            } catch (LDAPException e) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            throw new InvalidDataException("Cannot log in. Some connection properties are not set.", "");
+        }
+
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public boolean authenticate(String resource) throws InvalidDataException, ObjectNotFoundException {
+		ldapProps = new LDAPProperties(Gateway.getProperties());
+		
+		if (ldapProps.mUser == null || ldapProps.mUser.length()==0 ||
+			ldapProps.mPassword == null || ldapProps.mPassword.length()==0)
+			throw new InvalidDataException("LDAP root user properties not found in config.");
+		try {
+			mLDAPConn = LDAPLookupUtils.createConnection(ldapProps);
+			return true;
+		} catch (LDAPException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public LDAPConnection getAuthObject() {
+        
+		if (!mLDAPConn.isConnected()) {
+            Logger.warning("LDAPAuthManager - lost connection to LDAP server. Attempting to reconnect.");
+            try {
+                mLDAPConn = LDAPLookupUtils.createConnection(ldapProps);
+            } catch (LDAPException ex) { }
+        }
+        return mLDAPConn;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void disconnect() {
+        Logger.msg(1, "LDAP Lookup: Shutting down LDAP connection.");
+        if (mLDAPConn != null) {
+            try {
+                mLDAPConn.disconnect();
+            } catch (LDAPException e) {
+                Logger.error(e);
+            }
+            mLDAPConn = null;
+        }
+		
+	}
+
+	public LDAPAuthManager() {
+		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/lookup/ldap/LDAPLookup.java b/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/lookup/ldap/LDAPLookup.java
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+/*
+ * Directory Lookup Service *
+ * author: Florida Estrella
+*/
+
+package com.c2kernel.lookup.ldap;
+
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.StringTokenizer;
+
+import org.omg.CORBA.Object;
+
+import com.c2kernel.common.ObjectAlreadyExistsException;
+import com.c2kernel.common.ObjectCannotBeUpdated;
+import com.c2kernel.common.ObjectNotFoundException;
+import com.c2kernel.entity.TraceableEntity;
+import com.c2kernel.entity.agent.ActiveEntity;
+import com.c2kernel.entity.proxy.ProxyMessage;
+import com.c2kernel.lookup.AgentPath;
+import com.c2kernel.lookup.DomainPath;
+import com.c2kernel.lookup.InvalidItemPathException;
+import com.c2kernel.lookup.ItemPath;
+import com.c2kernel.lookup.Lookup;
+import com.c2kernel.lookup.Path;
+import com.c2kernel.lookup.RolePath;
+import com.c2kernel.process.Gateway;
+import com.c2kernel.process.auth.Authenticator;
+import com.c2kernel.property.PropertyDescription;
+import com.c2kernel.property.PropertyDescriptionList;
+import com.c2kernel.utils.Logger;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPAttribute;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPAttributeSet;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPConnection;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPDN;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPEntry;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPException;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPSearchConstraints;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPSearchResults;
+
+/**
+ * The LDAPLookup object, statically accessible through the Gateway, manages
+ * the LDAP connection for the cristal process. It provides:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>Authentication - returning an AgentProxy object if a user has logged in
+ * <li>System key generation - through the NextKeyManager
+ * <li>Agent and Role lookup/modification - through the RoleManager
+ * <li>
+ * @version $Revision: 1.113 $ $Date: 2006/03/03 13:52:21 $
+ * @author  $Author: abranson $
+ */
+
+public class LDAPLookup implements Lookup
+
+{
+	private LDAPAuthManager mLDAPAuth;
+    private LDAPPropertyManager mPropManager;
+    
+    final String mItemTypeRoot, mDomainTypeRoot, mGlobalPath, mRootPath, mLocalPath, mRolePath;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new LDAPLookup manager with the properties supplied.
+     * This should be only done by the Gateway during initialisation.
+     *
+     * @param props The LDAP properties object that extracts LDAP connection properties from the global c2kprops
+     */
+    public LDAPLookup(LDAPProperties props)
+    {
+        Logger.msg(8,"LDAPLookup - initialising.");
+
+        mGlobalPath=props.mGlobalPath;
+        mRootPath=props.mRootPath;
+        mLocalPath=props.mLocalPath;
+
+        mItemTypeRoot = "cn=entity,"+props.mLocalPath;
+        mDomainTypeRoot = "cn=domain,"+props.mLocalPath;
+        mRolePath = "cn=agent,"+mDomainTypeRoot; 
+
+    }
+    
+    public LDAPLookup() {
+    	this(new LDAPProperties(Gateway.getProperties())); 
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+	public void open(Authenticator auth) {
+    	mLDAPAuth = (LDAPAuthManager)auth;
+        Logger.msg(7, "LDAP.useOldProps="+Gateway.getProperties().getBoolean("LDAP.useOldProps", false));
+      	mPropManager = new LDAPPropertyManager(this, mLDAPAuth);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the property manager, that is used to read and write cristal properties to the LDAP store.
+     * @return Returns the global LDAPPropertyManager.
+     */
+    public LDAPPropertyManager getPropManager() {
+        return mPropManager;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Disconnects the connection with the LDAP server during shutdown
+     */
+	@Override
+	public void close() {
+        Logger.msg(1, "LDAP Lookup: Shutting down LDAP connection.");
+        if (mLDAPAuth != null) {
+           	mLDAPAuth.disconnect();
+            mLDAPAuth = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+   /**
+    * Attempts to resolve the CORBA object for a Path, either directly or through an alias.
+    * @param path the path to resolve
+    * @return the CORBA object
+    * @throws ObjectNotFoundException When the path does not exist
+    */
+    public org.omg.CORBA.Object getIOR(Path path)
+    throws ObjectNotFoundException
+    {
+        return resolveObject(getFullDN(path));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Attempts to resolve the CORBA object from the IOR attribute of a DN, either directly or through an alias
+     * @param dn The String dn
+     * @throws ObjectNotFoundException when the dn or aliased dn does not exist
+     */
+    private org.omg.CORBA.Object resolveObject(String dn)
+        throws ObjectNotFoundException
+    {
+        Logger.msg(8,"LDAPLookup.resolveObject("+dn+")");
+        LDAPEntry anEntry = LDAPLookupUtils.getEntry(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(),dn,LDAPSearchConstraints.DEREF_NEVER);
+        if (anEntry != null)
+        {
+            String iorString;
+            try {
+                iorString = LDAPLookupUtils.getFirstAttributeValue(anEntry, "ior");
+                org.omg.CORBA.Object ior=Gateway.getORB().string_to_object(iorString);
+                if (ior!=null)
+                    return ior;
+                else
+                    throw new ObjectNotFoundException("LDAPLookup.resolveObject() - " + dn + " has no IOR", "");
+            } catch (ObjectNotFoundException ex) {
+                return resolveObject(LDAPLookupUtils.getFirstAttributeValue(anEntry,"aliasedObjectName"));
+            }
+        }
+        else
+            throw new ObjectNotFoundException("LDAPLookup.resolveObject() LDAP node " + dn + " is not in LDAP or has no IOR.", "");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param domPath
+     * @return
+     * @throws InvalidItemPathException
+     * @throws ObjectNotFoundException
+     */
+    @Override
+	public ItemPath resolvePath(DomainPath domPath)
+        throws InvalidItemPathException, ObjectNotFoundException {
+        ItemPath referencedPath = null;
+        LDAPEntry domEntry = LDAPLookupUtils.getEntry(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(), 
+                getFullDN(domPath), LDAPSearchConstraints.DEREF_ALWAYS);
+        String entityKey = LDAPLookupUtils.getFirstAttributeValue(domEntry,
+                "intsyskey");
+        Logger.msg(7, "DomainPath " + domPath + " is a reference to "
+                + entityKey);
+        String objClass = LDAPLookupUtils.getFirstAttributeValue(domEntry,
+                "objectClass");
+        if (objClass.equals("cristalagent"))
+            referencedPath = new AgentPath(Integer.parseInt(entityKey));
+        else
+            referencedPath = new ItemPath(Integer.parseInt(entityKey));
+
+        return referencedPath;
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+	public void add(Path path)
+        throws ObjectCannotBeUpdated, ObjectAlreadyExistsException
+    {
+        try {
+            checkLDAPContext(path);
+            LDAPAttributeSet attrSet = createAttributeSet(path);
+            LDAPEntry newEntry = new LDAPEntry(getFullDN(path),attrSet);
+            LDAPLookupUtils.addEntry(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(),newEntry);
+            if (path instanceof DomainPath)
+            	Gateway.getProxyServer().sendProxyEvent(new ProxyMessage(ProxyMessage.NA, path.toString(), ProxyMessage.ADDED));
+        } catch (LDAPException ex) {
+            if (ex.getResultCode() == LDAPException.ENTRY_ALREADY_EXISTS)
+                throw new ObjectAlreadyExistsException(ex.getLDAPErrorMessage(), "");
+            else
+                throw new ObjectCannotBeUpdated(ex.getLDAPErrorMessage(), "");
+        }
+     }
+
+    //deletes a node
+    //throws LDAPexception if node cannot be deleted (eg node is not a leaf)
+    @Override
+	public void delete(Path path) throws ObjectCannotBeUpdated
+    {
+        try {
+            LDAPLookupUtils.delete(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(),getDN(path)+mLocalPath);
+        } catch (LDAPException ex) {
+            throw new ObjectCannotBeUpdated(ex.getLDAPErrorMessage(), "");
+        }
+        if (path instanceof DomainPath) {
+        	Gateway.getProxyServer().sendProxyEvent(new ProxyMessage(ProxyMessage.NA, path.toString(), ProxyMessage.DELETED));
+        }
+    }
+
+	//change specs, add boolean alias leaf context
+    protected void checkLDAPContext(Path path)
+    {
+        String dn = getFullDN(path);
+        if (!LDAPLookupUtils.exists(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(),dn))
+        {
+            String listDN[] = path.getPath();
+            String name = "cn="+ path.getRoot() + "," + mLocalPath;
+            int i=0;
+            while (i<listDN.length-1)
+            {
+                name= "cn="+LDAPLookupUtils.escapeDN(listDN[i])+","+name;
+                if (!LDAPLookupUtils.exists(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(),name))
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        //create cristalcontext
+                        Logger.msg(8,"LDAPLookup::addLDAPContext() context added " + name);
+                        LDAPLookupUtils.createCristalContext(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(), name);
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex)
+                    {
+                        Logger.error("LDAPLookup::addContext() " + ex);
+                    }
+                }
+                i++;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    public void createBootTree()
+    {
+        Logger.msg(8,"Initializing LDAP Boot tree");
+
+        //create org
+        LDAPLookupUtils.createOrganizationContext(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(), mGlobalPath);
+        //create root
+        LDAPLookupUtils.createCristalContext(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(), mRootPath);
+        //create local
+        LDAPLookupUtils.createCristalContext(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(), mLocalPath);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+	public void initializeDirectory() throws ObjectNotFoundException
+    {
+        createBootTree();
+        initTree( Gateway.getResource().getTextResource("ldap", "LDAPboot.txt"));
+    }
+
+    public void initTree(String bootFile)
+    {
+        Logger.msg(8,"Verifying Cristal LDAP roots");
+        StringTokenizer strTokenizer = new StringTokenizer(bootFile, "\n\r");
+        while (strTokenizer.hasMoreTokens())
+        {
+            String line = strTokenizer.nextToken();
+            Logger.msg(8,"Checking " + line+mLocalPath);
+            LDAPLookupUtils.createCristalContext(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(), line+mLocalPath);
+        }
+
+    }
+
+ 	//typically search for cn=barcode
+    @Override
+	public LDAPPathSet search(Path start, String filter)
+    {
+    	Logger.msg(8,"LDAPLookup::search() From " + getDN(start) + " for cn=" + filter );
+        return search(getFullDN(start),"cn="+LDAPLookupUtils.escapeSearchFilter(filter));
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+	public LDAPPathSet search(Path start, String propname, String propvalue)
+    {
+    	String val = propname+":"+propvalue;
+    	Logger.msg(8,"LDAPLookup::search() From " + getDN(start) + " for cristalprop=" + val );
+        LDAPSearchConstraints searchCons = new LDAPSearchConstraints();
+        searchCons.setBatchSize(0);
+        searchCons.setDereference(LDAPSearchConstraints.DEREF_SEARCHING);
+        return search(getFullDN(start),LDAPConnection.SCOPE_SUB,"cristalprop="+LDAPLookupUtils.escapeSearchFilter(val),searchCons);
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+	public LDAPPathSet search(Path start, PropertyDescriptionList props) {
+    	StringBuffer query = new StringBuffer();
+    	int propCount = 0;
+    	for (PropertyDescription propDesc: props.list) {
+    		if (propDesc.getIsClassIdentifier()) {
+    			String thisProp = LDAPLookupUtils.escapeSearchFilter(propDesc.getName()+(":")+propDesc.getDefaultValue());
+    			query.append("(cristalprop=").append(thisProp).append(")");
+    			propCount++;
+    		}
+    	}
+    	LDAPSearchConstraints searchCons = new LDAPSearchConstraints();
+        searchCons.setBatchSize(0);
+        searchCons.setDereference(LDAPSearchConstraints.DEREF_SEARCHING);
+        if (propCount == 0)
+        	return search(getFullDN(start),LDAPConnection.SCOPE_SUB,"objectClass=cristalentity",searchCons);
+        else if (propCount == 1)
+        	return search(getFullDN(start),LDAPConnection.SCOPE_SUB,query.toString(),searchCons);
+        else
+        	return search(getFullDN(start),LDAPConnection.SCOPE_SUB,"(&"+query.toString()+")",searchCons);
+    }
+    
+    protected LDAPPathSet search(String startDN, int scope, String filter, LDAPSearchConstraints searchCons)
+    {
+        Logger.msg(8,"Searching for "+filter+" in "+startDN);
+        searchCons.setMaxResults(0);
+        String[] attr = { LDAPConnection.ALL_USER_ATTRS };
+        try
+        {
+            LDAPSearchResults res = mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject().search(startDN, scope,
+            		filter,attr,false,searchCons);
+            return new LDAPPathSet(res, this);
+        }
+        catch (LDAPException ex)
+        {
+            Logger.error("LDAPException::LDAPLookup::search() " + ex.toString());
+            return new LDAPPathSet(this);
+        }
+    }
+    //typically search for (any filter combination)
+    public LDAPPathSet search(String startDN,String filter)
+    {
+        LDAPSearchConstraints searchCons = new LDAPSearchConstraints();
+        searchCons.setBatchSize(0);
+        searchCons.setDereference(LDAPSearchConstraints.DEREF_NEVER);
+        return search(startDN,LDAPConnection.SCOPE_SUB,filter,searchCons);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+	public LDAPPathSet searchEntities(Path start) {
+        LDAPSearchConstraints searchCons = new LDAPSearchConstraints();
+        searchCons.setBatchSize(0);
+        searchCons.setDereference(LDAPSearchConstraints.DEREF_SEARCHING);
+        return search(getFullDN(start), LDAPConnection.SCOPE_SUB, "objectClass=cristalentity", searchCons);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+	public LDAPPathSet searchAliases(DomainPath start) {
+        LDAPSearchConstraints searchCons = new LDAPSearchConstraints();
+        searchCons.setBatchSize(0);
+        searchCons.setDereference(LDAPSearchConstraints.DEREF_NEVER);
+        return search(getFullDN(start), LDAPConnection.SCOPE_SUB, "objectClass=aliasObject", searchCons);
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+	public LDAPPathSet searchAliases(ItemPath entity) {
+        LDAPSearchConstraints searchCons = new LDAPSearchConstraints();
+        searchCons.setBatchSize(0);
+        searchCons.setDereference(LDAPSearchConstraints.DEREF_NEVER);
+        return search(getFullDN(new DomainPath()), LDAPConnection.SCOPE_SUB, "(&(objectClass=aliasObject)(aliasedObjectName="+
+        LDAPLookupUtils.escapeDN(getFullDN(entity))+"))", searchCons);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+	public boolean exists(Path path) {
+        return LDAPLookupUtils.exists(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(), getFullDN(path));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+	public Class<?> getItemClass(Path path) throws ObjectNotFoundException {
+        String[] attr = { LDAPConnection.ALL_USER_ATTRS };
+        try {
+            LDAPEntry anEntry=mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject().read(getDN(path)+mLocalPath,attr);
+            String type = LDAPLookupUtils.getFirstAttributeValue(anEntry, "objectClass");
+            if (type.equals("cristalentity"))
+                return TraceableEntity.class;
+            else if (type.equals("cristalagent"))
+                return ActiveEntity.class;
+            else
+                throw new ObjectNotFoundException("Not an entity", "");
+
+        } catch (LDAPException ex) {
+            if (ex.getResultCode() == LDAPException.NO_SUCH_OBJECT)
+                throw new ObjectNotFoundException("Entity does not exist", "");
+            Logger.error(ex);
+            throw new ObjectNotFoundException("Error getting entity class", "");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** converts an LDAPentry to a Path object
+     *  Note that the search producing the entry should have retrieved the attrs
+     *  'ior' and 'uniquemember'
+     * @throws ObjectNotFoundException
+     * @throws ObjectNotFoundException
+     */
+    protected Path nodeToPath(LDAPEntry entry) throws InvalidItemPathException, ObjectNotFoundException
+    {
+        String dn = entry.getDN();
+
+        // extract syskey
+        int entityKey = -1;
+        try {
+            String entityKeyStr = LDAPLookupUtils.getFirstAttributeValue(entry,"intsyskey");
+            entityKey = Integer.parseInt(entityKeyStr);
+        } catch (Exception e) { }
+
+        // extract IOR
+        org.omg.CORBA.Object ior = null;
+        try {
+            String stringIOR = LDAPLookupUtils.getFirstAttributeValue(entry,"ior");
+            ior = Gateway.getORB().string_to_object(stringIOR);
+        } catch (ObjectNotFoundException e2) { }
+
+        /* Find the right path class */
+        Path thisPath;
+        if (LDAPLookupUtils.existsAttributeValue(entry,"objectclass","cristalagent"))
+        { //cristalagent
+            String agentID = LDAPLookupUtils.getFirstAttributeValue(entry,"uid");
+            thisPath = new AgentPath(entityKey, agentID);
+        }
+
+        else if (LDAPLookupUtils.existsAttributeValue(entry,"objectclass","cristalrole"))
+        { //cristalrole
+            thisPath = new RolePath(LDAPDN.explodeDN(dn,true)[0],
+                    LDAPLookupUtils.getFirstAttributeValue(entry, "jobList").equals("TRUE"));
+        }
+        else if (LDAPLookupUtils.existsAttributeValue(entry,"objectclass","aliasObject") ||
+                (LDAPLookupUtils.existsAttributeValue(entry,"objectclass","cristalcontext") && dn.endsWith(mDomainTypeRoot)))
+        {
+            DomainPath domainPath = new DomainPath();
+            domainPath.setPath(getPathComponents(dn.substring(0, dn.lastIndexOf(mDomainTypeRoot))));
+            thisPath = domainPath;
+        }
+        else if (LDAPLookupUtils.existsAttributeValue(entry,"objectclass","cristalentity") ||
+                (LDAPLookupUtils.existsAttributeValue(entry,"objectclass","cristalcontext") && dn.endsWith(mItemTypeRoot)))
+        {
+            if(dn.endsWith(mItemTypeRoot)) {
+                ItemPath entityPath;
+                if (entityKey != -1)
+                    entityPath = new ItemPath(entityKey);
+                else {
+                    entityPath = new ItemPath();
+                    entityPath.setPath(getPathComponents(dn.substring(0, dn.lastIndexOf(mItemTypeRoot))));
+                }
+                thisPath = entityPath;
+            }
+            else
+                throw new ObjectNotFoundException("Entity found outside entity tree");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+			throw new ObjectNotFoundException("Unrecognised LDAP entry. Not a cristal entry");
+        }
+
+        //set IOR if we have one
+        if (ior!=null) thisPath.setIOR(ior);
+        return thisPath;
+    }
+
+	public String getDN(Path path) {
+            StringBuffer dnBuffer = new StringBuffer();
+            String[] pathComp = path.getPath();
+            for (int i=pathComp.length-1; i>=0; i--)
+                dnBuffer.append("cn=").append(LDAPLookupUtils.escapeDN(pathComp[i])).append(",");
+            dnBuffer.append("cn="+path.getRoot()+",");
+            return dnBuffer.toString();
+    }
+
+    public String getFullDN(Path path) {
+        return getDN(path)+mLocalPath;
+    }
+    
+    public String[] getPathComponents(String dnFragment) {
+    	ArrayList<String> newPath = new ArrayList<String>();
+        StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(dnFragment, ",");
+        String[] path = new String[tok.countTokens()];
+        while (tok.hasMoreTokens()) {
+            String nextPath = tok.nextToken();
+            if (nextPath.indexOf("cn=") == 0)
+                newPath.add(0, LDAPLookupUtils.unescapeDN(nextPath.substring(3)));
+            else
+                break;
+        }
+        return newPath.toArray(path);
+    }
+
+	@Override
+	public Object resolve(Path path) throws ObjectNotFoundException {
+		return resolveObject(getFullDN(path));
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Iterator<Path> getChildren(Path path) {
+		if (path instanceof RolePath) return ((RolePath)path).getChildren();
+        String filter = "objectclass=*";
+        LDAPSearchConstraints searchCons = new LDAPSearchConstraints();
+        searchCons.setBatchSize(10);
+        searchCons.setDereference(LDAPSearchConstraints.DEREF_FINDING );
+        return search(getFullDN(path), LDAPConnection.SCOPE_ONE,filter,searchCons);
+	}    
+	
+	protected LDAPAttributeSet createAttributeSet(Path path) throws ObjectCannotBeUpdated {
+        LDAPAttributeSet attrs = new LDAPAttributeSet();
+		
+		if (path instanceof RolePath) {
+			RolePath rolePath = (RolePath)path;
+	        attrs.add(new LDAPAttribute("objectclass","cristalrole"));
+	        String jobListString = rolePath.hasJobList()?"TRUE":"FALSE";
+	        attrs.add(new LDAPAttribute("jobList",jobListString));
+	        attrs.add(new LDAPAttribute("cn", rolePath.getName()));
+		}
+		else if (path instanceof DomainPath) {
+			DomainPath domPath = (DomainPath)path;
+	        attrs.add(new LDAPAttribute("cn",domPath.getName()));
+            try {
+				attrs.add(new LDAPAttribute("aliasedObjectName",getFullDN(domPath.getEntity())));
+	            String objectclass_values[] = { "alias", "aliasObject" };
+	            attrs.add(new LDAPAttribute("objectclass",objectclass_values));
+			} catch (ObjectNotFoundException e) { // no entity - is a context
+				attrs.add(new LDAPAttribute("objectclass","cristalcontext"));
+			}
+		}
+		
+		else if (path instanceof ItemPath) {
+			ItemPath itemPath = (ItemPath)path;
+	        attrs.add(new LDAPAttribute("intsyskey",Integer.toString(itemPath.getSysKey())));
+	        attrs.add(new LDAPAttribute("cn", itemPath.getPath()[itemPath.getPath().length-1]));
+	        if (itemPath.getIOR() != null)
+	            attrs.add(new LDAPAttribute("ior", Gateway.getORB().object_to_string(itemPath.getIOR())));
+		
+	        if (path instanceof AgentPath) {
+	        	AgentPath agentPath = (AgentPath)path;
+	        	attrs.add(new LDAPAttribute("objectclass","cristalagent"));
+
+	        	String agentName = agentPath.getAgentName();
+	        	if (agentName != null && agentName.length() > 0)
+	        		attrs.add(new LDAPAttribute("uid", agentName));
+	        	else
+	        		throw new ObjectCannotBeUpdated("Cannot create agent. No userId specified", "");
+
+	        	String agentPass = agentPath.getPassword();
+	        	if (agentPass != null && agentPass.length() > 0)
+	        		try {
+	        			attrs.add(new LDAPAttribute("userPassword", AgentPath.generateUserPassword(agentPass, "SHA")));
+	        		} catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException ex) {
+	        			throw new ObjectCannotBeUpdated("Cryptographic libraries for password hashing not found.", "");
+	        		}
+	        	else
+	        		throw new ObjectCannotBeUpdated("Cannot create agent. No password given", "");
+	        }
+	        else {
+	        	attrs.add(new LDAPAttribute("objectclass","cristalentity"));
+	        }
+		}
+
+        return attrs;
+
+	}
+	
+	 //NOTE: A role must have at LEAST 1 userDN, cannot be empty...
+    //Creates a cristalRole
+    //CristalRole is-a specialized CristalContext which contains multi-valued uniqueMember attribute pointing to cristalagents
+    @Override
+	public RolePath createRole(String roleName, boolean jobList)
+        throws ObjectAlreadyExistsException, ObjectCannotBeUpdated
+    {
+
+        // create the role
+    	RolePath rolePath = new RolePath(roleName, jobList);
+    	String roleDN = getFullDN(rolePath);
+        LDAPEntry roleNode;
+        try
+        {
+        	roleNode = LDAPLookupUtils.getEntry(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(), getFullDN(rolePath));
+            throw new ObjectAlreadyExistsException();
+        } catch (ObjectNotFoundException ex) { }
+
+        //create CristalRole if it does not exist
+        roleNode = new LDAPEntry(roleDN, createAttributeSet(rolePath));
+        try {
+            LDAPLookupUtils.addEntry(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(),roleNode);
+        } catch (LDAPException e) {
+            throw new ObjectCannotBeUpdated(e.getLDAPErrorMessage(), "");
+        }
+        return rolePath;
+
+
+    }
+    public void deleteRole(RolePath role) throws ObjectNotFoundException, ObjectCannotBeUpdated {
+        try {
+            LDAPLookupUtils.delete(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(), getFullDN(role));
+        } catch (LDAPException ex) {
+            throw new ObjectCannotBeUpdated("Could not remove role");
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+	public void addRole(AgentPath agent, RolePath role)
+            throws ObjectCannotBeUpdated, ObjectNotFoundException
+    {
+        LDAPEntry roleEntry = LDAPLookupUtils.getEntry(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(), getFullDN(role));
+        //add memberDN to uniqueMember if it is not yet a member
+        if (!LDAPLookupUtils.existsAttributeValue(roleEntry, "uniqueMember", getFullDN(agent)))
+            LDAPLookupUtils.addAttributeValue(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(), roleEntry, "uniqueMember", getFullDN(agent));
+        else
+            throw new ObjectCannotBeUpdated("Agent " + agent.getAgentName() + " already has role " + role.getName());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+	public void removeRole(AgentPath agent, RolePath role)
+        throws ObjectCannotBeUpdated, ObjectNotFoundException
+    {
+    	LDAPEntry roleEntry = LDAPLookupUtils.getEntry(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(), getFullDN(role));
+    	if (LDAPLookupUtils.existsAttributeValue(roleEntry, "uniqueMember", getFullDN(agent)))
+   			LDAPLookupUtils.removeAttributeValue(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(), roleEntry, "uniqueMember", getFullDN(agent));
+    	else
+    		throw new ObjectCannotBeUpdated("Agent did not have that role");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+	public boolean hasRole(AgentPath agent, RolePath role) {
+        String filter = "(&(objectclass=cristalrole)(uniqueMember="+getFullDN(agent)+")(cn="+role.getName()+"))";
+        LDAPSearchConstraints searchCons = new LDAPSearchConstraints();
+        searchCons.setBatchSize(0);
+        searchCons.setDereference(LDAPSearchConstraints.DEREF_NEVER );
+        return search(mRolePath,LDAPConnection.SCOPE_SUB,filter,searchCons).hasNext();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+	public AgentPath[] getAgents(RolePath role)
+        throws ObjectNotFoundException
+    {
+    	//get the roleDN entry, and its uniqueMember entry pointing to
+    	LDAPEntry roleEntry;
+        try {
+            roleEntry = LDAPLookupUtils.getEntry(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(), getFullDN(role));
+        } catch (ObjectNotFoundException e) {
+            throw new ObjectNotFoundException("Role does not exist", "");
+        }
+
+    	String[] res = LDAPLookupUtils.getAllAttributeValues(roleEntry,"uniqueMember");
+    	ArrayList<AgentPath> agents = new ArrayList<AgentPath>();
+    	for (String userDN : res) {
+    		try {
+    			LDAPEntry userEntry = LDAPLookupUtils.getEntry(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(), userDN);
+    		    AgentPath path = (AgentPath)nodeToPath(userEntry);
+                agents.add(path);
+    		} catch (ObjectNotFoundException ex) {
+                Logger.error("Agent "+userDN+" does not exist");
+    		} catch (InvalidItemPathException ex) {
+                Logger.error("Agent "+userDN+" is not a valid entity");
+    		}
+    	}
+        AgentPath[] usersList = new AgentPath[0];
+        usersList = agents.toArray(usersList);
+    	return usersList;
+    }
+
+    //returns the role/s of a user
+    @Override
+	public RolePath[] getRoles(AgentPath agentPath)
+    {
+    	//search the mDomainPath tree uniqueMember=userDN
+    	//filter = objectclass=cristalrole AND uniqueMember=userDN
+        String filter = "(&(objectclass=cristalrole)(uniqueMember="+getFullDN(agentPath)+"))";
+        LDAPSearchConstraints searchCons = new LDAPSearchConstraints();
+        searchCons.setBatchSize(0);
+        searchCons.setDereference(LDAPSearchConstraints.DEREF_NEVER );
+    	Iterator<?> roles = search(mRolePath,LDAPConnection.SCOPE_SUB,filter,searchCons);
+        ArrayList<RolePath> roleList = new ArrayList<RolePath>();
+
+    	while(roles.hasNext())
+    	{
+            RolePath path = (RolePath) roles.next();
+   			roleList.add(path);
+    	}
+        RolePath[] roleArr = new RolePath[roleList.size()];
+        roleArr = roleList.toArray(roleArr);
+        return roleArr;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Utility for looking up a login name
+     *
+     * @param ld
+     * @param agentName
+     * @param baseDN
+     * @return
+     * @throws ObjectNotFoundException
+     */
+    @Override
+	public AgentPath getAgentPath(String agentName) throws ObjectNotFoundException
+    {
+        //search to get the userDN equivalent of the userID
+        LDAPSearchConstraints searchCons = new LDAPSearchConstraints();
+        searchCons.setBatchSize(0);
+        searchCons.setDereference(LDAPSearchConstraints.DEREF_NEVER );
+        String filter = "(&(objectclass=cristalagent)(uid="+agentName+"))";
+        Iterator<Path> res = search(mItemTypeRoot,LDAPConnection.SCOPE_SUB,filter,searchCons);
+        if (!res.hasNext())
+            throw new ObjectNotFoundException("Agent not found: "+agentName, "");
+        Path result = res.next();
+        if (result instanceof AgentPath)
+            return (AgentPath)result;
+        else
+            throw new ObjectNotFoundException("Entry was not an Agent");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+	public RolePath getRolePath(String roleName) throws ObjectNotFoundException
+    {
+        LDAPSearchConstraints searchCons = new LDAPSearchConstraints();
+        searchCons.setBatchSize(0);
+        searchCons.setDereference(LDAPSearchConstraints.DEREF_NEVER );
+        String filter = "(&(objectclass=cristalrole)(cn="+roleName+"))";
+		Iterator<Path> res = search(mRolePath,LDAPConnection.SCOPE_SUB,filter,searchCons);
+		if (!res.hasNext())
+            throw new ObjectNotFoundException("Role not found");
+        Path result = res.next();
+        if (result instanceof RolePath)
+            return (RolePath)result;
+        else
+            throw new ObjectNotFoundException("Entry was not a Role");
+    }
+
+	@Override
+	public void setHasJobList(RolePath role, boolean hasJobList) throws ObjectNotFoundException, ObjectCannotBeUpdated {
+		// get entry
+		LDAPEntry roleEntry;
+        try {
+            roleEntry = LDAPLookupUtils.getEntry(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(), getFullDN(role));
+        } catch (ObjectNotFoundException e) {
+            throw new ObjectNotFoundException("Role does not exist", "");
+        }
+		// set attribute
+        LDAPLookupUtils.setAttributeValue(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(), roleEntry, "jobList", hasJobList?"TRUE":"FALSE");
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void setAgentPassword(AgentPath agent, String newPassword) throws ObjectNotFoundException, ObjectCannotBeUpdated, NoSuchAlgorithmException {
+		String encPasswd = AgentPath.generateUserPassword(newPassword, "SHA");
+		LDAPEntry agentEntry;
+        try {
+        	agentEntry = LDAPLookupUtils.getEntry(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(), getFullDN(agent));
+        } catch (ObjectNotFoundException e) {
+            throw new ObjectNotFoundException("Agent "+agent.getAgentName()+" does not exist", "");
+        }
+		LDAPLookupUtils.setAttributeValue(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(), agentEntry, "userPassword", encPasswd);
+		
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getAgentName(AgentPath agentPath)
+			throws ObjectNotFoundException {
+        LDAPEntry agentEntry = LDAPLookupUtils.getEntry(mLDAPAuth.getAuthObject(), getFullDN(agentPath));
+        return LDAPLookupUtils.getFirstAttributeValue(agentEntry,"uid");
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/lookup/ldap/LDAPLookupUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/lookup/ldap/LDAPLookupUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1c8ac4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/lookup/ldap/LDAPLookupUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,365 @@
+/*
+ * Lookup helper class.
+ */
+
+package com.c2kernel.lookup.ldap;
+
+//import netscape.ldap.*;
+//import netscape.ldap.util.*;
+import com.c2kernel.common.ObjectAlreadyExistsException;
+import com.c2kernel.common.ObjectCannotBeUpdated;
+import com.c2kernel.common.ObjectNotFoundException;
+import com.c2kernel.utils.Logger;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPAttribute;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPAttributeSet;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPConnection;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPDN;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPEntry;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPException;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPModification;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPSearchConstraints;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPSearchResults;
+
+/**
+ * @version $Revision: 1.74 $ $Date: 2006/03/03 13:52:21 $
+ * @author  $Author: abranson $
+ */
+
+final public class LDAPLookupUtils
+{
+    static final char[] META_CHARS = {'+', '=', '"', ',', '<', '>', ';', '/'};
+    static final String[] META_ESCAPED = {"2B", "3D", "22", "2C", "3C", "3E", "3B", "2F"};
+    static public LDAPEntry getEntry(LDAPConnection ld, String dn,int dereference)
+        throws ObjectNotFoundException
+    {
+        try {
+			LDAPSearchConstraints searchCons = new LDAPSearchConstraints();
+	        searchCons.setBatchSize(0);
+    	    searchCons.setDereference(dereference);
+            LDAPEntry thisEntry = ld.read(dn,searchCons);
+            if (thisEntry != null) return thisEntry;
+        } catch (LDAPException ex) {
+            throw new ObjectNotFoundException("LDAP Exception for dn:"+dn+": \n"+ex.getMessage(), "");
+        }
+        throw new ObjectNotFoundException(dn+" does not exist", "");
+
+    }
+    
+
+    /**
+     * Utility method to connect to an LDAP server
+     * @param lp LDAP properties to connect with
+     * @return a novell LDAPConnection object
+     * @throws LDAPException when the connection was unsuccessful
+     */
+    public static LDAPConnection createConnection(LDAPProperties lp) throws LDAPException {
+        LDAPConnection ld = new LDAPConnection();
+
+        Logger.msg(3, "LDAPLookup - connecting to " + lp.mHost);
+        ld.connect(lp.mHost, Integer.valueOf(lp.mPort).intValue());
+
+        Logger.msg(3, "LDAPLookup - authenticating user:" + lp.mUser);
+        ld.bind( LDAPConnection.LDAP_V3, lp.mUser,
+                 String.valueOf(lp.mPassword).getBytes());
+
+        Logger.msg(3, "LDAPLookup - authentication successful");
+        LDAPSearchConstraints searchCons = new LDAPSearchConstraints();
+        searchCons.setMaxResults(0);
+        ld.setConstraints(searchCons);
+
+        return ld;
+    }
+
+    //Given a DN, return an LDAP Entry
+    static public LDAPEntry getEntry(LDAPConnection ld, String dn)
+        throws ObjectNotFoundException
+    {
+        return getEntry(ld, dn, LDAPSearchConstraints.DEREF_NEVER);
+    }
+
+    static public String getFirstAttributeValue(LDAPEntry anEntry, String attribute) throws ObjectNotFoundException
+    {
+        LDAPAttribute attr = anEntry.getAttribute(attribute);
+        if (attr==null)
+            throw new ObjectNotFoundException("No attributes named '"+attribute+"'", "");
+        return (String)attr.getStringValues().nextElement();
+    }
+
+    static public String[] getAllAttributeValues(LDAPEntry anEntry, String attribute) throws ObjectNotFoundException
+    {
+        LDAPAttribute attr = anEntry.getAttribute(attribute);
+        if (attr!=null)
+            return attr.getStringValueArray();
+
+        throw new ObjectNotFoundException("No attributes named '"+attribute+"'", "");
+
+    }
+
+    static public boolean existsAttributeValue(LDAPEntry anEntry, String attribute, String value)
+    {
+        LDAPAttribute attr = anEntry.getAttribute(attribute);
+        if (attr!=null)
+        {
+            String[] attrValues = new String[attr.size()];
+            attrValues = attr.getStringValueArray();
+            for (int i=0;i<attr.size();i++)
+                if (attrValues[i].equalsIgnoreCase(value))
+                    return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+	static public boolean hasOneAttributeValue(LDAPEntry anEntry, String attribute) throws ObjectNotFoundException
+	{
+		int j =0;
+		LDAPAttribute attr = anEntry.getAttribute(attribute);
+		if (attr==null)
+            throw new ObjectNotFoundException("No attributes named '"+attribute+"'", "");
+		j=attr.size();
+		return j==1;
+	}
+
+	//this is for a single-valued attribute
+    static public void setAttributeValue(LDAPConnection ld, LDAPEntry anEntry, String attribute, String newValue)
+    throws ObjectNotFoundException, ObjectCannotBeUpdated
+    {
+        try {
+            if (!hasOneAttributeValue(anEntry, attribute))
+                throw new ObjectCannotBeUpdated("Attribute "+attribute + " of entry " + anEntry.getDN()+" has more than one value", "");
+        } catch (ObjectNotFoundException ex) {
+            addAttributeValue(ld, anEntry, attribute, newValue);
+        }
+        try
+        {
+       		ld.modify(anEntry.getDN(),new LDAPModification(LDAPModification.REPLACE,new LDAPAttribute(attribute,newValue)));
+        }
+        catch (LDAPException ex)
+        {
+            Logger.error(ex);
+            throw new ObjectCannotBeUpdated("Attribute " + attribute + " of entry " + anEntry.getDN() + " could not be modified", "");
+        }
+    }
+
+
+	//this is for a multi-valued attribute eg uniqueMember
+    static public void addAttributeValue(LDAPConnection ld, LDAPEntry anEntry, String attribute, String value)
+    throws ObjectCannotBeUpdated
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            ld.modify(anEntry.getDN(),new LDAPModification(LDAPModification.ADD, new LDAPAttribute(attribute,value)));
+        }
+        catch (LDAPException ex)
+        {
+            Logger.error(ex);
+            throw new ObjectCannotBeUpdated("Attribute " + attribute + " of entry " + anEntry.getDN() + " could not be added.", "");
+        }
+    }
+
+    //this is for a multi-valued attribute eg uniqueMember
+    static public void removeAttributeValue(LDAPConnection ld, LDAPEntry anEntry, String attribute, String value)
+    throws ObjectCannotBeUpdated
+    {
+            try
+            {
+       			ld.modify(anEntry.getDN(),new LDAPModification(LDAPModification.DELETE,new LDAPAttribute(attribute,value)));
+			}
+            catch (LDAPException ex)
+            {
+                Logger.error(ex);
+                throw new ObjectCannotBeUpdated("Attribute " + attribute + " of entry " + anEntry.getDN() + " could not be deleted", "");
+            }
+    }
+
+    static public boolean exists(LDAPConnection ld, String name)
+    {
+        try {
+            String[] attr = { LDAPConnection.NO_ATTRS };
+            LDAPEntry anEntry=ld.read(name,attr);
+            if (anEntry!=null)
+                return true;
+        } catch (LDAPException ex)
+        {
+            Logger.debug(9, "LDAPLookupUtils.exists("+name+": "+ex.getMessage());
+            return false;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    static public void addEntry(LDAPConnection ld,LDAPEntry myEntry)
+    throws ObjectAlreadyExistsException, LDAPException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            ld.add( myEntry );
+        }
+        catch( LDAPException ex ) {
+            if (ex.getResultCode() == LDAPException.ENTRY_ALREADY_EXISTS)
+                throw new ObjectAlreadyExistsException("Entry already present." + myEntry.getDN(), "");
+            throw ex;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static public boolean hasChildren(LDAPConnection ld, String dn, String filter)
+    {
+        String[] attr = { LDAPConnection.NO_ATTRS };
+        LDAPSearchConstraints searchCons = new LDAPSearchConstraints();
+        searchCons.setBatchSize(0);
+        searchCons.setDereference(LDAPSearchConstraints.DEREF_NEVER);
+
+        try
+        {
+            LDAPSearchResults res = ld.search(dn,LDAPConnection.SCOPE_ONE,filter,attr,false,searchCons);
+            if (res.hasMore())
+                return true;
+        }
+        catch (LDAPException ex)
+        {
+            Logger.error(ex);
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    //returns list of dns
+    static public String[] getChildrenDNs(LDAPConnection ld, String dn, String filter)
+    {
+        String[] result = null;
+        String[] attr = { LDAPConnection.NO_ATTRS };
+        LDAPSearchConstraints searchCons = new LDAPSearchConstraints();
+        searchCons.setBatchSize(0);
+        searchCons.setDereference(LDAPSearchConstraints.DEREF_NEVER);
+
+        try
+        {
+            LDAPSearchResults res = ld.search(dn,LDAPConnection.SCOPE_ONE,filter,attr,false,searchCons);
+            result = new String[res.getCount()];
+            int i=0;
+            while (res.hasMore())
+            {
+                LDAPEntry findEntry=res.next();
+                if (findEntry!=null)
+                {
+                    result[i++] = new String(findEntry.getDN());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Logger.error(ex);
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    static public void delete(LDAPConnection ld, String dn)
+    throws LDAPException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            Logger.msg(7, "LDAPLookupUtils.delete() - "+dn);
+            ld.delete(dn);
+        }
+        catch (LDAPException ex)
+        {
+            Logger.error("LDAPLookupUtils.remove() - Cannot remove "+dn+": " + ex.getMessage());
+            throw ex;
+        }
+    }
+
+    //param dn is the DN of the name
+    //param name is the name of the node (also the RDN)
+    //example: cn=lab27,o=cern.ch  lab27
+    //example: cn=product, cn=domain, cn=lab27, cn= cristal2, o=cern.ch  product
+    static public void createCristalContext(LDAPConnection ld, String dn)
+    {
+    	if (LDAPLookupUtils.exists(ld,dn))
+    		return;
+        try
+        {
+            String name = LDAPDN.explodeDN(dn,true)[0];
+            LDAPAttributeSet attrs = new LDAPAttributeSet();
+            attrs.add(new LDAPAttribute("cn",name));
+            String objectclass_values[] = new String[1];
+            objectclass_values[0] = "cristalcontext";
+            if (name.equals("last"))
+            	attrs.add(new LDAPAttribute("intsyskey", "0"));
+
+    		attrs.add(new LDAPAttribute("objectclass",objectclass_values));
+
+            LDAPLookupUtils.addEntry(ld,new LDAPEntry(dn,attrs));
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Logger.error("LDAPLookupUtils.createCristalContext() " + ex.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    static public void createOrganizationContext(LDAPConnection ld, String dn)
+    {
+    	if (LDAPLookupUtils.exists(ld,dn))
+    		return;
+
+        try
+        {
+            String name = LDAPDN.explodeDN(dn,true)[0];
+            LDAPAttributeSet attrs = new LDAPAttributeSet();
+            //No idea why this worked, or why it suddenly stopped working when we moved to maven
+            //attrs.add(new LDAPAttribute("objectclass","top"));
+            attrs.add(new LDAPAttribute("objectclass","organization"));
+            attrs.add(new LDAPAttribute("o",name));
+            LDAPLookupUtils.addEntry(ld,new LDAPEntry(dn,attrs));
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Logger.msg(ex.toString());
+        }
+    }
+    
+    public static String escapeDN (String name) {
+        //From RFC 2253 and the / character for JNDI
+        if (name == null) return null;
+        String escapedStr = new String(name);
+
+        //Backslash is both a Java and an LDAP escape character, so escape it first
+        escapedStr = escapedStr.replaceAll("\\\\","\\\\");
+
+        //Positional characters - see RFC 2253
+        escapedStr = escapedStr.replaceAll("^#","\\\\23");  // TODO: active directory requires hash to be escaped everywhere
+        escapedStr = escapedStr.replaceAll("^ | $","\\\\20");
+
+        for (int i=0; i<META_CHARS.length; i++) {
+            escapedStr = escapedStr.replaceAll("\\"+META_CHARS[i],"\\\\"+ META_ESCAPED[i]);
+        }
+        if (!name.equals(escapedStr)) Logger.msg(3, "LDAP DN "+name+" escaped to "+escapedStr);
+        return escapedStr;
+    }
+    
+    public static String unescapeDN (String dn) {
+        //From RFC 2253 and the / character for JNDI
+        String unescapedStr = new String(dn);
+
+        //Positional characters - see RFC 2253
+        unescapedStr = unescapedStr.replaceAll("^\\\\23", "#");  // TODO: active directory requires hash to be escaped everywhere
+        unescapedStr = unescapedStr.replaceAll("^\\\\20|\\\\20$", " ");
+
+        for (int i=0; i<META_CHARS.length; i++) {
+        	unescapedStr = unescapedStr.replaceAll("\\\\" + META_ESCAPED[i], ""+META_CHARS[i]);
+        }
+
+        //Any remaining escaped backslashes
+        unescapedStr = unescapedStr.replaceAll("\\\\","\\");
+        
+        if (!dn.equals(unescapedStr)) Logger.msg(3, "LDAP DN "+dn+" unescaped to "+unescapedStr);
+        return unescapedStr;
+    }
+
+    public static String escapeSearchFilter (String filter) {
+        //From RFC 2254
+        String escapedStr = new String(filter);
+
+        escapedStr = escapedStr.replaceAll("\\\\","\\\\5c");
+        //escapedStr = escapedStr.replaceAll("\\*","\\\\2a"); // we need stars for searching
+        escapedStr = escapedStr.replaceAll("\\(","\\\\28");
+        escapedStr = escapedStr.replaceAll("\\)","\\\\29");
+        if (!filter.equals(escapedStr)) Logger.msg(3, "LDAP Search Filter "+filter+" escaped to "+escapedStr);
+        return escapedStr;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/lookup/ldap/LDAPNextKeyManager.java b/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/lookup/ldap/LDAPNextKeyManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48f938e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/lookup/ldap/LDAPNextKeyManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package com.c2kernel.lookup.ldap;
+
+import com.c2kernel.common.ObjectCannotBeUpdated;
+import com.c2kernel.common.ObjectNotFoundException;
+import com.c2kernel.lookup.AgentPath;
+import com.c2kernel.lookup.InvalidItemPathException;
+import com.c2kernel.lookup.ItemPath;
+import com.c2kernel.persistency.ClusterStorageException;
+import com.c2kernel.persistency.NextKeyManager;
+import com.c2kernel.process.Gateway;
+import com.c2kernel.process.auth.Authenticator;
+import com.c2kernel.utils.Logger;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPEntry;
+
+/**************************************************************************
+ *
+ * $Revision: 1.2 $
+ * $Date: 2005/04/27 13:47:24 $
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research
+ * All rights reserved.
+ **************************************************************************/
+
+//    public static final String codeRevision = "$Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2005/04/27 13:47:24 $ $Author: abranson $";
+public class LDAPNextKeyManager implements NextKeyManager {
+
+    LDAPAuthManager ldap;
+    String lastKeyPath;
+
+    public LDAPNextKeyManager() {
+        super();
+        LDAPProperties props = new LDAPProperties(Gateway.getProperties());
+        this.lastKeyPath = "cn=last,cn=entity,"+props.mLocalPath;
+    }
+    
+    public void open(Authenticator auth) {
+   		this.ldap = (LDAPAuthManager)auth;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+	public synchronized ItemPath generateNextEntityKey()
+    throws ObjectCannotBeUpdated, ObjectNotFoundException
+    {
+        ItemPath lastKey = getLastEntityPath();
+
+        try {
+            lastKey.setSysKey(lastKey.getSysKey()+1);
+        } catch (InvalidItemPathException ex) {
+            throw new ObjectCannotBeUpdated("Invalid syskey "+(lastKey.getSysKey()+1)+". Maybe centre is full.");
+        }
+        //test that storage is empty for that key
+        try {
+			if (Gateway.getStorage().getClusterContents(lastKey.getSysKey(), "").length > 0)
+				throw new ObjectCannotBeUpdated("NextKeyManager: Storage already contains data for syskey "+lastKey.getSysKey()+
+						". Storage is out of sync with nextkey. Please contact an administrator", "");
+		} catch (ClusterStorageException e) {
+			Logger.error(e);
+			throw new ObjectCannotBeUpdated("Could not check storage for prior data for the next generated systemKey: "+e.getMessage());
+		}
+        
+        //set the last key
+        writeLastEntityKey(lastKey.getSysKey());
+
+        return lastKey;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+	public synchronized AgentPath generateNextAgentKey()
+    throws ObjectCannotBeUpdated, ObjectNotFoundException {
+        ItemPath newEntity = generateNextEntityKey();
+        return new AgentPath(newEntity);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+	public void writeLastEntityKey(int sysKey) throws ObjectCannotBeUpdated, ObjectNotFoundException {
+        LDAPEntry lastKeyEntry = LDAPLookupUtils.getEntry(ldap.getAuthObject(),lastKeyPath);
+        LDAPLookupUtils.setAttributeValue(ldap.getAuthObject(), lastKeyEntry,"intsyskey",Integer.toString(sysKey));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+	public ItemPath getLastEntityPath() throws ObjectNotFoundException
+    {
+        LDAPEntry lastKeyEntry = LDAPLookupUtils.getEntry(ldap.getAuthObject(),lastKeyPath);
+        String lastKey = LDAPLookupUtils.getFirstAttributeValue(lastKeyEntry,"intsyskey");
+        try {
+            int sysKey = Integer.parseInt(lastKey);
+            ItemPath sysPath = new ItemPath(sysKey);
+            return sysPath;
+        } catch (InvalidItemPathException ex) {
+            throw new ObjectNotFoundException("Invalid syskey. Maybe centre is full.");
+        } catch (NumberFormatException ex) {
+            throw new ObjectNotFoundException("Invalid syskey in lastkey.");
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/lookup/ldap/LDAPPathSet.java b/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/lookup/ldap/LDAPPathSet.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..806976d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/lookup/ldap/LDAPPathSet.java
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package com.c2kernel.lookup.ldap;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+import com.c2kernel.lookup.Path;
+import com.c2kernel.utils.Logger;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPEntry;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPException;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPSearchResults;
+
+/**************************************************************************
+ *
+ * $Revision: 1.6 $
+ * $Date: 2005/12/01 14:23:14 $
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research
+ * All rights reserved.
+ **************************************************************************/
+
+
+
+public class LDAPPathSet implements Iterator<Path> {
+    LDAPSearchResults results;
+    LDAPEntry nextEntry;
+    LDAPLookup ldap;
+
+    public LDAPPathSet(LDAPLookup ldap) { // empty
+    	this.ldap = ldap;
+        results = null;
+    } 
+
+    public LDAPPathSet(LDAPSearchResults results, LDAPLookup ldap) {
+    	this.ldap = ldap;
+        this.results = results;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+	public boolean hasNext() {
+        if (results == null) return false;
+        if (nextEntry != null) return true;
+        if (results.hasMore())
+        try {
+            nextEntry = results.next();
+            return true;
+        } catch (LDAPException ex) {
+        	if (ex.getResultCode()!=32) {// no results
+        		Logger.error(ex);
+        		Logger.error("Error loading LDAP result set: "+ex.getMessage());
+        	}
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+	public Path next() {
+        if (results == null) return null;
+        try {
+            if (nextEntry == null)
+                nextEntry = results.next();
+            Path nextPath = ldap.nodeToPath(nextEntry);
+            nextEntry = null;
+            return nextPath;
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            Logger.error("Error loading next path");
+            Logger.error(ex);
+            nextEntry = null;
+            if (hasNext()) {
+                Logger.error("Skipping to next entry");
+                return next();
+            }
+            else
+                return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+	@Override
+	public void remove() {
+		// do nothing
+		
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/lookup/ldap/LDAPProperties.java b/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/lookup/ldap/LDAPProperties.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e9f971
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/lookup/ldap/LDAPProperties.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Directory Lookup Service
+*/
+
+package com.c2kernel.lookup.ldap;
+
+import com.c2kernel.utils.ObjectProperties;
+
+/**
+ * @version $Revision: 1.16 $ $Date: 2005/10/12 12:51:54 $
+ * @author  $Author: abranson $
+ */
+public class LDAPProperties
+{
+    public String mGlobalPath = null;     //o=cern.ch
+    public String mRootPath = null;     //cn=cristal2
+    public String mLocalPath = null;    //cn=lab27
+    public Integer mPort = null;
+    public String mHost = null;
+    public String mUser = null;
+    public String mPassword = null;
+
+    public LDAPProperties(ObjectProperties obj)
+    {
+        mGlobalPath   = obj.getProperty( "LDAP.GlobalPath" );
+        mRootPath     = obj.getProperty( "LDAP.RootPath" );
+        mLocalPath    = obj.getProperty( "LDAP.LocalPath" );
+        mPort         = obj.getInt( "LDAP.port", 389 );
+        mHost         = obj.getProperty( "LDAP.host" );
+        mUser         = obj.getProperty( "LDAP.user" );
+        mPassword     = obj.getProperty( "LDAP.password" );
+
+        mRootPath    += "," + mGlobalPath;
+        mLocalPath   += "," + mRootPath;
+
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/lookup/ldap/LDAPPropertyManager.java b/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/lookup/ldap/LDAPPropertyManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b6e906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/lookup/ldap/LDAPPropertyManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+package com.c2kernel.lookup.ldap;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+
+import com.c2kernel.common.ObjectCannotBeUpdated;
+import com.c2kernel.common.ObjectNotFoundException;
+import com.c2kernel.lookup.ItemPath;
+import com.c2kernel.property.Property;
+import com.c2kernel.utils.Logger;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPAttribute;
+import com.novell.ldap.LDAPEntry;
+
+/**************************************************************************
+ *
+ * $Revision: 1.3 $
+ * $Date: 2006/03/03 13:52:21 $
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research
+ * All rights reserved.
+ **************************************************************************/
+
+public class LDAPPropertyManager {
+    /**
+     *
+     */
+    protected LDAPLookup ldap;
+    private final LDAPAuthManager auth;
+
+    public LDAPPropertyManager(LDAPLookup ldap, LDAPAuthManager auth) {
+        super();
+        this.ldap = ldap;
+        this.auth = auth;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param thisItem - EntityPath of the subject entity
+     * @return
+     * @throws ObjectNotFoundException
+     */
+    public boolean hasProperties(ItemPath thisItem) throws ObjectNotFoundException {
+    	LDAPEntry entityEntry = LDAPLookupUtils.getEntry(auth.getAuthObject(), ldap.getFullDN(thisItem));
+    	return entityEntry.getAttribute("cristalprop") != null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param thisItem - EntityPath of the subject entity
+     * @return array of Property
+     * @throws ObjectNotFoundException
+     */
+    public String[] getPropertyNames(ItemPath thisItem) throws ObjectNotFoundException {
+        LDAPEntry entityEntry = LDAPLookupUtils.getEntry(auth.getAuthObject(), ldap.getFullDN(thisItem));
+        ArrayList<String> propbag = new ArrayList<String>();
+        LDAPAttribute props = entityEntry.getAttribute("cristalprop");
+        for (Enumeration<?> e = props.getStringValues(); e.hasMoreElements();) {
+            String thisProp = (String)e.nextElement();
+            String thisName = thisProp.substring(0, thisProp.indexOf(':'));
+            if (thisName.startsWith("!") && thisName.length()>1) thisName = thisName.substring(1);
+            propbag.add(thisName);
+        }
+
+        String[] retArr = new String[props.size()];
+        return propbag.toArray(retArr);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param thisItem - EntityPath of the subject entity
+     * @param propName - the name of the property to retrieve
+     * @return The Property object
+     * @throws ObjectNotFoundException
+     */
+    public Property getProperty(ItemPath thisItem, String name) throws ObjectNotFoundException {
+        LDAPEntry entityEntry = LDAPLookupUtils.getEntry(auth.getAuthObject(), ldap.getFullDN(thisItem));
+        return getProperty(entityEntry, name);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param thisItem - EntityPath of the subject entity
+     * @param name - the property name to delete
+     * @throws ObjectNotFoundException
+     * @throws ObjectCannotBeUpdated
+     */
+    public void deleteProperty(ItemPath thisItem, String name) throws ObjectNotFoundException, ObjectCannotBeUpdated {
+        LDAPEntry entityEntry = LDAPLookupUtils.getEntry(auth.getAuthObject(), ldap.getFullDN(thisItem));
+        Property prop = getProperty(entityEntry, name);
+        Logger.msg(6, "LDAPLookupUtils.deleteProperty("+name+") - Deleting property");
+        LDAPLookupUtils.removeAttributeValue(auth.getAuthObject(), entityEntry, "cristalprop", getPropertyAttrValue(prop));
+    }
+    
+    private static String getPropertyAttrValue(Property prop) {
+    	return (prop.isMutable()?"":"!")+prop.getName()+":"+prop.getValue();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param thisItem - EntityPath of the subject entity
+     * @param prop - the property to store
+     * @throws ObjectNotFoundException
+     * @throws ObjectCannotBeUpdated
+     */
+    public void setProperty(ItemPath thisItem, Property prop) throws ObjectNotFoundException, ObjectCannotBeUpdated {
+        LDAPEntry entityEntry = LDAPLookupUtils.getEntry(auth.getAuthObject(), ldap.getFullDN(thisItem));
+        try {
+        	Property oldProp = getProperty(entityEntry, prop.getName());
+            Logger.msg(6, "LDAPLookupUtils.setProperty("+prop.getName()+") - Removing old value '"+oldProp.getValue()+"'");
+            LDAPLookupUtils.removeAttributeValue(auth.getAuthObject(), entityEntry, "cristalprop", getPropertyAttrValue(oldProp));
+        } catch (ObjectNotFoundException ex) {
+            Logger.msg(6, "LDAPLookupUtils.setProperty("+prop.getName()+") - creating new property.");
+        }
+        Logger.msg(6, "LDAPLookupUtils.setProperty("+prop.getName()+") - setting to '"+prop.getValue()+"'");
+        LDAPLookupUtils.addAttributeValue(auth.getAuthObject(), entityEntry, "cristalprop", getPropertyAttrValue(prop));
+    }
+
+    public static Property getProperty(LDAPEntry myEntry, String propName) throws ObjectNotFoundException {
+        // delete existing props
+        LDAPAttribute props = myEntry.getAttribute("cristalprop");
+        if (props == null)
+            throw new ObjectNotFoundException("Property "+propName+" does not exist", "");
+        String propPrefix = propName+":";
+        String roPropPrefix = "!"+propPrefix;
+        String val = null, name = null; boolean mutable = false;
+        for (Enumeration<?> e = props.getStringValues(); name==null && e.hasMoreElements();) {
+            String attrVal = (String)e.nextElement();
+            if (attrVal.toLowerCase().startsWith(propPrefix.toLowerCase())) {
+            	name = attrVal.substring(0, propPrefix.length()-1);
+                val = attrVal.substring(propPrefix.length());
+                mutable = true; break;
+            }
+            
+            if (attrVal.toLowerCase().startsWith(roPropPrefix.toLowerCase())) {
+            	name = attrVal.substring(1, roPropPrefix.length()-1);
+                val = attrVal.substring(roPropPrefix.length());
+                mutable = false; break;
+            }
+        }
+        if (name == null) 
+        	throw new ObjectNotFoundException("Property "+propName+" does not exist", "");
+        Logger.msg(6, "Loaded "+(mutable?"":"Non-")+"Mutable Property: "+name+"="+val);
+        return new Property(name, val, mutable);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/persistency/LDAPClientReader.java b/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/persistency/LDAPClientReader.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac9215c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/persistency/LDAPClientReader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package com.c2kernel.persistency;
+
+import com.c2kernel.entity.C2KLocalObject;
+
+/** Allows clients to directly load properties and collections from the LDAP
+*   so no CORBA calls need to be made during normal browsing
+*/
+
+public class LDAPClientReader extends LDAPClusterStorage {
+     // return all readwrite support as readonly
+     @Override
+	public short queryClusterSupport(String clusterType) {
+        return (short)(super.queryClusterSupport(clusterType) & READ);
+     }
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @see com.c2kernel.persistency.ClusterStorage#delete(Integer, String)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void delete(Integer sysKey, String path)
+		throws ClusterStorageException {
+		throw new ClusterStorageException("Writing not supported in ClientReader");
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see com.c2kernel.persistency.ClusterStorage#getName()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String getName() {
+		return "LDAP Client Cluster Reader";
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see com.c2kernel.persistency.ClusterStorage#put(Integer, String, C2KLocalObject)
+	 */
+
+	public void put(Integer sysKey, String path, C2KLocalObject obj)
+		throws ClusterStorageException {
+		throw new ClusterStorageException("Writing not supported in ClientReader");
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/persistency/LDAPClusterStorage.java b/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/persistency/LDAPClusterStorage.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4762a33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/persistency/LDAPClusterStorage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+package com.c2kernel.persistency;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.StringTokenizer;
+
+import com.c2kernel.common.ObjectNotFoundException;
+import com.c2kernel.entity.C2KLocalObject;
+import com.c2kernel.lookup.InvalidItemPathException;
+import com.c2kernel.lookup.ItemPath;
+import com.c2kernel.lookup.Lookup;
+import com.c2kernel.lookup.ldap.LDAPLookup;
+import com.c2kernel.lookup.ldap.LDAPPropertyManager;
+import com.c2kernel.process.Gateway;
+import com.c2kernel.process.auth.Authenticator;
+import com.c2kernel.property.Property;
+import com.c2kernel.utils.Logger;
+
+public class LDAPClusterStorage extends ClusterStorage {
+    LDAPPropertyManager ldapStore;
+
+    @Override
+	public void open(Authenticator auth) throws ClusterStorageException {
+    	Lookup lookup = Gateway.getLookup();
+    	if (lookup instanceof LDAPLookup)
+    		ldapStore = ((LDAPLookup)lookup).getPropManager();
+    	else
+    		throw new ClusterStorageException("Cannot use LDAP cluster storage without LDAP Lookup");
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+	public void close() throws ClusterStorageException {
+    }
+
+    // introspection
+    @Override
+	public short queryClusterSupport(String clusterType) {
+        if (clusterType.equals(PROPERTY))
+            return READWRITE;
+        else
+            return NONE;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+	public String getName() {
+        return "LDAP Cluster Storage";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+	public String getId() {
+        return "LDAP";
+    }
+
+    // retrieve object by path
+    @Override
+	public C2KLocalObject get(Integer sysKey, String path) throws ClusterStorageException {
+    	Logger.msg(6, "LDAPClusterStorage.get() - "+sysKey+"/"+path);
+		StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(path, "/");
+		int pathLength = tok.countTokens();
+		if (pathLength != 2)
+			throw new ClusterStorageException("Path length was invalid: "+path);
+		String type = tok.nextToken();
+
+		ItemPath thisEntity;
+		try {
+			thisEntity = new ItemPath(sysKey.intValue());
+		} catch (InvalidItemPathException e) {
+			throw new ClusterStorageException("Invalid Syskey:"+sysKey);
+		}
+
+		String objName = tok.nextToken();
+		C2KLocalObject newObj;
+
+		if (type.equals(PROPERTY)) {
+            try {
+            	Property newProperty = ldapStore.getProperty(thisEntity, objName);
+                newObj = newProperty;
+            } catch (ObjectNotFoundException ex) {
+                throw new ClusterStorageException("Property "+objName+" not found in "+sysKey);
+            }
+
+		}
+		else
+			throw new ClusterStorageException("Cluster type "+type+" not supported.");
+
+		return newObj;
+    }
+    // store object by path
+    @Override
+	public void put(Integer sysKey, C2KLocalObject obj) throws ClusterStorageException {
+    	Logger.msg(6, "LDAPClusterStorage.put() - "+sysKey+"/"+ClusterStorage.getPath(obj));
+
+		String type = obj.getClusterType();
+
+		ItemPath thisEntity;
+		try {
+			thisEntity = new ItemPath(sysKey.intValue());
+		} catch (InvalidItemPathException e) {
+			throw new ClusterStorageException("Invalid Syskey:"+sysKey);
+		}
+
+		if (type.equals(PROPERTY)) {
+			try {
+                ldapStore.setProperty(thisEntity, (Property)obj);
+            } catch (Exception e1) {
+                Logger.error(e1);
+                throw new ClusterStorageException("LDAPClusterStorage - could not write property");
+            }
+		}
+		else
+			throw new ClusterStorageException("Cluster type "+type+" not supported.");
+
+    }
+    // delete cluster
+    @Override
+	public void delete(Integer sysKey, String path) throws ClusterStorageException {
+		StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(path, "/");
+		int pathLength = tok.countTokens();
+		if (pathLength != 2)
+			throw new ClusterStorageException("Path length was invalid: "+path);
+		String type = tok.nextToken();
+
+		ItemPath thisEntity;
+		try {
+			thisEntity = new ItemPath(sysKey.intValue());
+		} catch (InvalidItemPathException e) {
+			throw new ClusterStorageException("Invalid Syskey:"+sysKey);
+		}
+
+		if (type.equals(PROPERTY)) {
+			try {
+                ldapStore.deleteProperty(thisEntity, tok.nextToken());
+            } catch (Exception e1) {
+                Logger.error(e1);
+                throw new ClusterStorageException("LDAPClusterStorage - could not delete property");
+            }
+		}
+		else
+			throw new ClusterStorageException("Cluster type "+type+" not supported.");
+
+    }
+
+    /* navigation */
+
+    // directory listing
+    @Override
+	public String[] getClusterContents(Integer sysKey, String path) throws ClusterStorageException {
+    	Logger.msg(6, "LDAPClusterStorage.getClusterContents() - "+sysKey+"/"+path);
+        StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(path, "/");
+        int pathLength = tok.countTokens();
+        if (pathLength > 1)
+            return new String[0];
+
+        String type = getClusterType(path);
+        try
+        {
+        	ItemPath thisEntity = new ItemPath(sysKey.intValue());
+         if (type.equals(PROPERTY))
+        	return ldapStore.getPropertyNames(thisEntity);
+       	 else
+       	 if (type.equals("")) { // root query
+       	 	String[] allClusters = new String[0];
+       	 	ArrayList<String> clusterList = new ArrayList<String>();
+   	 		if (ldapStore.hasProperties(thisEntity))
+   	 			clusterList.add(PROPERTY);
+   	 		allClusters = clusterList.toArray(allClusters);
+       	 	return allClusters;
+       	 }
+       	 else
+       	 	throw new ClusterStorageException("Cluster type "+type+" not supported.");
+        } catch (InvalidItemPathException e) {
+			throw new ClusterStorageException("Invalid Syskey:"+sysKey);
+		} catch (ObjectNotFoundException e) {
+            throw new ClusterStorageException("Entity "+sysKey+" does not exist");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/LDAPboot.txt b/src/main/resources/LDAPboot.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..995d47d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/LDAPboot.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+cn=entity,
+cn=last,cn=entity,
+cn=domain,
+cn=agent,cn=domain,
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/module.xml b/src/main/resources/module.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..521b145
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/module.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<CristalModule ns="ldap" name="CristalLDAP">
+	<Info>
+		<Description>LDAP Lookup, Authenticator and NextKeyManager implementations.</Description>
+		<Version>${version}</Version>
+	</Info>
+	<ResourceURL>com/c2kernel/lookup/ldap/resources/</ResourceURL>
+    <Config name="Authenticator">com.c2kernel.lookup.ldap.LDAPAuthManager</Config>
+	<Config name="Lookup">com.c2kernel.lookup.ldap.LDAPLookup</Config>
+	<Config name="NextKeyManager">com.c2kernel.lookup.ldap.LDAPNextKeyManager</Config>
+	<Imports/>
+</CristalModule>
+\ No newline at end of file
author	Andrew Branson <andrew.branson@cern.ch>	2014-06-12 19:49:01 +0200
committer	Andrew Branson <andrew.branson@cern.ch>	2014-06-12 19:49:01 +0200
commit	6aa1f44575a48bdc633fdf6a3274fd6a1a4065b9 (patch)
tree	8119c78f4bc8fbd71a8ee76d6d65fc78617653a7