Metacat

	/*

	 * Get the aliasedDN (the real DN) for a specified an alias name

	 */

	public String getAliasedDn(String alias, Hashtable<String, String> env) throws NamingException  {

	    String aliasedDn = null;

        DirContext sctx = new InitialDirContext(env);

        SearchControls ctls = new SearchControls();

        ctls.setSearchScope(SearchControls.SUBTREE_SCOPE);

        String filter = "(objectClass=*)";

        NamingEnumeration answer  = sctx.search(alias, filter, ctls);

        while(answer.hasMore()) {

            SearchResult result = (SearchResult) answer.next();

            if(!result.isRelative()) {

                //if is not relative, this will be alias.

                aliasedDn = result.getNameInNamespace();

                break;

            }

        }

        return aliasedDn;

	}