LDAP-303: odm: missing objectClass inheritance

[spring-projects-issues]

Torsten Werner (Migrated from LDAP-303) said:

I have a class with annotation
@entry(objectClasses = {"top"})
but several ldap nodes have only the objectClass=inetOrgPerson which is correct because inetOrgPerson inherits from top. Spring-ldap submits a query
(&(objectClass=top)(uid=...))
to the server and the server responds with all nodes because it knows about the inheritance. For nodes with objectClass=inetOrgPerson only the server sends only this objectClass back to the client without the inherited objectClass top.

But there is a check in org.springframework.ldap.odm.core.impl.DefaultObjectDirectoryMapper#mapFromLdapDataEntry
if(!collectionContainsAll(objectClassesFromJndi, metaData.getObjectClasses()))
that throws away all results that do not have an explicit objectClass=top in the server's response.

IMHO, spring-ldap should trust the ldap server and do not throw away such results. But at least there should be an option for disabling/enabling this extra check.

[christophs78]

Same issue like #340