JBOSS AND LDAP

[chetan]

Hi,
I've an application where I need to talk to directory server instead of database. But, I don't want to make connection to directory server everytime from my entity bean. Is there anything like database connection pool for LDAP ? Or is there any other way to design this in a better way?
Thanks In Advance,
- Chetan

[farooqui]

I have the exact same need. I want to access an LDAP server at some times instead of a database. Is there a CMP for LDAP, connection pools to LDAP server etc. in JBoss

[davidjencks]

No. You might have some trouble getting cmp since AFAIK ldap semantics/queries are not exactly sql.

Quite a few people have proposed a jca connector to ldap. It would probably be pretty easy to write if you know how to use ldap. Let me know if you want some advice on how to proceed.