52775 - LDAPSchema.getSchema() makes incorrect LDAP request; breaks interoperability

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Directory Graveyard :: LDAP Java SDK, defect, P3)

Description

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

On line 874 of LDAPSchema.java, in the function readSchema(), the code does the 
following:

return readSchema( ld, dn, new String[] { "*", "ldapsyntaxes" } );

On all directory servers except Netscape, this results in the directory 
returning only the ldapsyntaxes to the LDAPSchema object. Code which works with 
all directories, including OpenLDAP, is:

return readSchema( ld, dn, new String[] { "*", "ldapsyntaxes",
                        "matchingRules", "attributeTypes", "objectClasses" } );

This is a serious bug because it means the Netscape Java SDK will not correctly 
work with any other directories, if you are working with schema.

Gerv

Comment 1

[Mark Smith [:mcs]]

Reassigning to Miodrag for investigation.  I agree this is a bug -- the 
attributes are all operational and should be requested by name.

Comment 2

[miodrag]

Changed the status to assigned

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

Miodrag - any joy?

Gerv

Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

Here's a patch :-) One line...

Gerv

Comment 5

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

Attachment: patch

Comment 6

[miodrag]

The bug has been fixed. Please cvs update and rebuild ldapjdk to pick up the 
fix. 

Comment 7

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

Thanks very much, Miodrag :-) Now all we need is an official release with the 
fix in...

Gerv