Catalyst::Model::LDAP::Connection - Convenience methods for Net::LDAP

Subclass of Net::LDAP, which adds paging support and an additional method to rebless the entries. See Catalyst::Model::LDAP::Entry for more information.

If you want to override methods provided by Net::LDAP, you can use the connection_class configuration variable. For example:

    # In lib/MyApp/Model/LDAP.pm
    package MyApp::Model::LDAP;
    use base qw/Catalyst::Model::LDAP/;

    __PACKAGE__->config(
        # ...
        connection_class => 'MyApp::LDAP::Connection',
    );

    1;

    # In lib/MyApp/LDAP/Connection.pm
    package MyApp::LDAP::Connection;
    use base qw/Catalyst::Model::LDAP::Connection/;
    use Authen::SASL;

    sub bind {
        my ($self, @args) = @_;

        my $sasl = Authen::SASL->new(...);
        push @args, sasl => $sasl;

        $self->SUPER::bind(@args);
    }

    1;

Create a new connection to the specific LDAP server.

    my $conn = Catalyst::Model::LDAP::Connection->new(
        host => 'ldap.ufl.edu',
        base => 'ou=People,dc=ufl,dc=edu',
    );

On connection failure, an error is thrown using croak in Carp.

Bind to the configured LDAP server using the specified credentials.

    $conn->bind(
        dn       => 'uid=dwc,ou=People,dc=ufl,dc=edu',
        password => 'secret',
    );

This method behaves similarly to bind in Net::LDAP, except that it gives an explicit name to the dn parameter. For example, if you need to use SASL to bind to the server, you can specify that in your call:

    $conn->bind(
        dn   => 'uid=dwc,ou=People,dc=ufl,dc=edu',
        sasl => Authen::SASL->new(mechanism => 'GSSAPI'),
    );

Additionally, if the start_tls configuration option is present, the client will use start_tls in Net::LDAP to make your connection secure.

For more information on customizing the bind process, see OVERRIDING METHODS.

Search the configured directory using a given filter. For example:

    my $mesg = $c->model('Person')->search('(cn=Lou Rhodes)');
    my $entry = $mesg->shift_entry;
    print $entry->title;

This method overrides the search method in Net::LDAP to add paging support. The following additional options are supported:

page

Which page to return.

rows

Rows to return per page. Defaults to 25.

order_by

Sort the records (on the server) by the specified attribute. Required if you use page.

When paging is active, this method returns the server response and a Data::Page object. Otherwise, it returns the server response only.

* Catalyst::Model::LDAP

* Daniel Westermann-Clark

* Marcus Ramberg (paging support)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.