high level API for ldap object handling

[Michael Ströder]

Olivier,

Olivier Sessink wrote:
> 
> In my use of python-ldap I've often used a self-developed high level 
> class for ldap-object handling.
> 
> Adding a new ldap entry for example (ld is a python-ldap object):
> 
> lo = LdapOO.LdapObject()
> lo.set_dn_attribs(['cn'])
> lo.add_attribute_value('cn','test2')
> lo.set_base_dn('ou=People,o=myorg')
> lo.add_attribute_value('objectClass','inetOrgPerson')
> lo.commit_s(ld)
> 
> or modifying an existing ldap entry:
> 
> res=ld.search_s('ou=People,o=fakenet',ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE,'(sn=surname)')
> lo = LdapOO.LdapObject(res[0][0],res[0][1])
> lo.add_attribute_value('sn','surname')
> if (not lo.has_attribute('street')):
> 	lo.add_attribute_value('street','new street')
> lo.commit_s(ld)

Hmm, I'm not sure I would consider this to be very high-level. If a 
higher-level API is ever add to python-ldap it will definitely be 
subschema-aware to map OID to NAME aliases and some more stuff and make 
use of defaultdict stuff new in Python 2.5.

> since I use this class often, I was wondering if there are more people 
> that like such a high-level API, and perhaps this can be developed 
> further and added to python-ldap ?

I'd prefer you to release this as a separate package on your own web 
space since I wouldn't use it myself and therefore I'd not maintain it. 
If you do so I would be glad to link to your project page from 
python-ldap's web page so that others can find it easily.

Ciao, Michael.