netscape.ldap
Interface LDAPTLSSocketFactory

All Superinterfaces:

LDAPSocketFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

JSSESocketFactory, JSSSocketFactory

public interface LDAPTLSSocketFactory

extends LDAPSocketFactory

A socket factory interface for supporting the start TLS LDAPv3 extension (RFC 2830).

Since:

LDAPJDK 4.17

Method Summary

java.net.Socket

makeSocket(java.net.Socket s) Creates an SSL socket layered over an existing socket.

Methods inherited from interface netscape.ldap.LDAPSocketFactory

makeSocket

Method Detail

makeSocket

public java.net.Socket makeSocket(java.net.Socket s)
                           throws LDAPException

Creates an SSL socket layered over an existing socket. Used for the start TLS operations (RFC2830).

Parameters:

s - An existing non-SSL socket

Returns:

A SSL socket layered over the input socket

Throws:

LDAPException - on error creating socket

See Also:

LDAPConnection.startTLS()