The iWay Application Protocol Adapter for LDAP is used to provide connectivity to LDAP compliant servers. Connections are made using an LDAP URL and port number. The adapter also provides a means to exchange data between LDAP servers and third-party application, database, or external business partner systems.

The adapter uses XML messages to enable applications to communicate and exchange information with LDAP servers using one of the following methods:

• Service Adapter. Provides LDAP directory introspection using iWay Explorer.
  • Interactions are available to create update, search, and delete LDAP entries.
  • Read-only introspection of the LDAP schema supported by the LDAP provider.
  • Dynamic schema generation based on the selected LDAP entry.
  • The schemas serve as XML request and response schemas to enable the creation of web services.
  • Support for multi-valued attributes.
  • Supported operations include Create, Update, Delete, and Get "access" to the LDAP directory.
• Event Adapter. Provides the ability to extract events from the LDAP directory using:
• A directory sync protocol.
• An asynchronous event notification.

The iWay Application Protocol Adapter for LDAP supports user ID and password authentication of the LDAP simple bind standard. The adapter is tested with Microsoft Active Directory (LDAP), OpenLDAP, and the Apache Directory Server.