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Connector Interfaces

Connectors are responsible for translating incoming LDAP operations to the equivalent operations on endpoint systems. Each connector that is hosted by Java CS must implement at least one (and possibly all, like the JDBC connector) of the following processing styles defined by the Java CS framework:

• Attribute Style Processor–Maps LDAP attributes to endpoint attributes, usually through Java CS framework support driven by metadata.
• Method Style Processor–Maps LDAP operations to PRE/OP/POST methods invoked on the endpoint system (for example, stored procedure support in JDBC connector).
• Scripting Style Processor–Maps LDAP operations and attribute into scripted output which is then submitted to the endpoint system for processing.