Metacat

		DirContext refDirContext=null;

			//Revise environment variable

			env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, refExc.getReferralInfo());

			env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, 

            "com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory");

    	env.put(Context.REFERRAL, "throw");

			//Get a context object for referral in the new envriment

			System.out.println("After revsing env, referral povider_url: "+

			//refExc.retryReferral();

			System.out.println("Here is environment for rContext: ");

			System.out.println(rContext.getEnvironment());

			System.out.println("here is rContext full name:");

			System.out.println(rContext.getNameInNamespace());

			//Casting the context to dircontext and hopelly will create a

			//autherntication exception if DN and password is incorrect

			referralContext=rContext;

			refDirContext=(DirContext)rContext;

			System.out.println("Why?");

			//refDirContext=new InitialDirContext(env);

			refDirContext.close();

			//referralContext = handleReferral(env, rContext);

			//System.out.println("rContext.PROVIDER_URL: "+rContext.PROVIDER_URL);

			System.out.println("exiting thread...");

		//Jing Tao

		catch(AuthenticationException ae)

		{	

			System.out.println("In referral authentication exception");

			System.out.println("Error running referral handler thread: " + 

                          ae.getMessage());

      ae.printStackTrace();

      referralContext = null;

		}

		//Jing Tao

		catch(NamingException ne)

		{

			System.out.println("Error running referral handler thread: " + 

                          ne.getMessage());

      ne.printStackTrace();

      referralContext = null;		

		}