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Check LDAP connection (Java)

I'm using javax naming to connect to an LDAP database. Is there a good way to check if a connection is still valid? I'm looking for something really efficient here because it may need to be done often.

After some web searching all I have found is a suggestion to do a quick search, is there any more lightweight way?

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Is there a reason you can't just assume it is still valid? That seems the most efficient. Encapsulate the LDAP communication in a class. You can handle any exceptions due to a dropped connection by reconnecting and then re-performing the requested operation.

James A Wilson  2008-10-20 13:24:49
I tend to agree. The assumption is that it's valid, the *Exception* is that it's not, and should be handled as such.
Spencer K  2008-10-20 15:13:14
Yeah I agree and that's sort of how we have it right now, but there is this framework we need to shoehorn the code into ;)Thanks for the reply anyway, I guess maybe we can keep it like we have it now.
mac  2008-10-21 05:31:15

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