The filter package will parsese and LDAP expression into a filter expression tree as defined in RFC 2254

The The LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) parsing package Parses an LDIF into a multimap or a JNDI Attributes instance of attributeToPropertyMapping key/value pairs with potential more than one attributeToPropertyMapping value per attributeToPropertyMapping. This parser populates the MultiMap or Attributes instance with all attributeToPropertyMappings within the LDIF including control attributeToPropertyMappings like the 'dn' and the changeType.

The package contain an LDIF entry class that can be used. Along with the parsing utility, the embedding application can LDIF parsing and management without becomming an expert on the RFC. Addition details about LDIF can be obtained from the LDIF RFC

The LDAP Common Messaging package provides a framework for all LDAP request and response messages. Each of the reponses and requests have an implementation.

This package provides LDAP distinguished name creation and normalization. This provides a common method for ensuring you are creating the entry DN correctly. Failure to properly create and normalize the DN of an entry will result in unpredicatble results when operations are performed on the entry.