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## org.jivesoftware.openfire.ldap
Class LdapAuthorizationPolicy

    java.lang.Object
      org.jivesoftware.openfire.ldap.LdapAuthorizationPolicy

All Implemented Interfaces:
  AuthorizationPolicy

    public class LdapAuthorizationPolicy

extends Object
implements AuthorizationPolicy

Provider for authorization using LDAP. Checks if the authenticated principal is in the user's LDAP object using the authorizeField from the system properties. An entry in that file would look like the following:

- `ldap.authorizeField = k5login`

This implementation requires that LDAP be configured, obviously.

Author:
  Jay Kline

Constructor Summary
`LdapAuthorizationPolicy()`

Method Summary
`boolean` | `authorize(String username, String principal)` Returns if the principal is explicitly authorized to the JID, throws an UnauthorizedException otherwise
`String` | `description()` Returns a description of the Policy
`String` | `name()` Returns the short name of the Policy

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### LdapAuthorizationPolicy

    public LdapAuthorizationPolicy()

Method Detail

### authorize

    public boolean authorize(String username,
                             String principal)

  Returns if the principal is explicitly authorized to the JID, throws an UnauthorizedException otherwise

  Specified by:
    `authorize` in interface `AuthorizationPolicy`
  Parameters:
    `username` - The username requested.import org.jivesoftware.openfire.ldap.*;
    `principal` - The principal requesting the username.
  Returns:
    true is the user is authorized to be principal

### name

    public String name()

  Returns the short name of the Policy

  Specified by:
    `name` in interface `AuthorizationPolicy`
  Returns:
    The short name of the Policy

### description

    public String description()

  Returns a description of the Policy

  Specified by:
    `description` in interface `AuthorizationPolicy`
  Returns:
    The description of the Policy.

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