To read the attributes of an object from the directory, use
DirContext.getAttributes() and pass it the name of
the object for which you want the attributes.
Suppose that an object in the naming service has
the name
"cn=Ted Geisel, ou=People".
To retrieve this object's attributes, you'll need
code that looks like this:
Attributes answer = ctx.getAttributes("cn=Ted Geisel, ou=People");
You can then print the contents of this answer as follows.
for (NamingEnumeration ae = answer.getAll(); ae.hasMore();) {
Attribute attr = (Attribute)ae.next();
System.out.println("attribute: " + attr.getID());
/* Print each value */
for (NamingEnumeration e = attr.getAll(); e.hasMore();
System.out.println("value: " + e.next()))
;
}
This produces the following output.
# java GetattrsAll
attribute: sn
value: Geisel
attribute: objectclass
value: top
value: person
value: organizationalPerson
value: inetOrgPerson
attribute: jpegphoto
value: [B@1dacd78b
attribute: mail
value: Ted.Geisel@JNDITutorial.com
attribute: facsimiletelephonenumber
value: +1 408 555 2329
attribute: telephonenumber
value: +1 408 555 5252
attribute: cn
value: Ted Geisel
Returning Selected Attributes
To read a selective subset of attributes, you supply an array
of strings that are attribute identifiers of the attributes
that you
want to retrieve.
// Specify the ids of the attributes to return
String[] attrIDs = {"sn", "telephonenumber", "golfhandicap", "mail"};
// Get the attributes requested
Attributes answer = ctx.getAttributes("cn=Ted Geisel, ou=People", attrIDs);
This example
asks for the
"sn",
"telephonenumber",
"golfhandicap" and
"mail" attributes of the object
"cn=Ted Geisel, ou=People".
This object has all but the
"golfhandicap" attribute,
and so three attributes are returned in the answer.
Following is the output of the example.
# java Getattrs
attribute: sn
value: Geisel
attribute: mail
value: Ted.Geisel@JNDITutorial.com
attribute: telephonenumber
value: +1 408 555 5252
