ldap.attributeMappingNames

The ldap.attributeMappingNames property defines the attributes that are mapped to the subject table columns in the ACDB. The uid and cn attributes are required; other attributes are optional. Table 10-1 describes the attribute names, descriptions, and the SubjectManagement interface methods that return the attribute values from the ACDB.

Table 10-1: ldap.attributeMappingNames attributes

Attribute name

Description

SubjectManagement interface method

uid

The login name of the user.

getUid

cn

The user’s common name.

getName

email

The user’s e-mail address.

getEmail

telephoneNumber

The user’s telephone number.

getPhone

firstName

The user’s first name.

getFirstName

lastName

The user’s last name.

getLastName

anyAttribute

A user-defined attribute name. Multiple user-defined attributes can exist, and for each, there must be a corresponding attribute in ldap.attributeMappingValues.

getExtraInfo

This method returns a Map object that contains the values of all the user-defined attributes.

For more information about the SubjectManagement interface methods, use a Web browser to open docs/html/index.html in your Enterprise Security installation.