NAME

ResourcePool::Factory::Net::LDAP - A Net::LDAP Factory for ResourcePool

SYNOPSIS

 use ResourcePool::Factory::Net::LDAP;
 
 my $factory = ResourcePool::Factory::Net::LDAP->new($hostname,
                                [NewOptions]);

DESCRIPTION

This class is a factory class for Net::LDAP resources to be used with the ResourcePool.

Please have a look at the ResourcePool::Factory documentation to learn about the purpose of such a factory.

ResourcePool::Factory::Net::LDAP->new($hostname, @NewOptions)

The arguments for the new method are passed to the new method of Net::LDAP.

$hostname

The LDAP server name.

@NewOptions - Optional

The additional options to be passed to the new method of Net::LDAP.

$factory->bind(@BindOptions)

The arguments to be passed to the bind() method of Net::LDAP.

Please not that this module will always do a bind to the LDAP server, if you do not specify any bind arguments the bind will be anonymously. The bind() call is used to check the vitality of the LDAP connection, if it fails ResourcePool will throw it away..

EXAMPLES

 use ResourcePool;
 use ResourcePool::Factory::Net::LDAP;
 
 my $factory =  ResourcePool::Factory::Net::LDAP->new("ldaphost",
                version => 2);
 $factory->bind('cn=Manager,dc=fatalmind,dc=com',
                    password => 'secret');

SEE ALSO

Net::LDAP, ResourcePool, ResourcePool::Factory

AUTHOR

    Copyright (C) 2002 by Markus Winand <mws@fatalmind.com>

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