[Kde-pim] Integrating LDAP into contact lookup in a common way

[Shaheedur Reza Haque]

Hi György,

So, to be clear, it seems that focussing on the KPIM layer as the "main" API 
(at least for other internal users) is the way to go?

> Hello, KLDAP is low-level LDAP implementation lib, the ldapclient.h uses
> it indirectly (through kio_ldap). I think eliminating the ldap ioslave
> would be sane, and also not too hard. Just I didn't have the time to
> do it... Br,György
> 
> Shaheed Haque <srhaque at theiet.org> írta:
>>Hi,
>>
>>As discussed briefly on the mailing list on Saturday, I think it would
>>be useful to integrate LDAP lookup with non-LDAP lookup in KMail's
>>"Select Recipient" dialog. My original proposal was based on the idea
>>I could simply collapse the "Search for Addresses in Directory" into
>>the "Select Recipient" dialog by combining the search capabilities of
>>the latter into the former, at the UI level.
>>
>>However, in poking around the Akonadi-based code in trunk, I see that
>>we have the following backend code:
>>
>>        - One LDAP implementation in kdepimlibs/kldap/ldapsearch.h, in
>>namespace KLDAP. This is the version that is referred to from the KDE
>>4.x docs for kdepimlibs, though the bulk of the content is missing.
>>
>>        - Another LDAP implementation in
>>kdepim/libkdepim/ldapclient.h, in namespace KPIM. This is referred to
>>from the docs for kdepim/libkdepim, though the file contains comments
>>saying "this is for internal use only".
>>
>>        - An LDAP Akonadi resource in playground/pim/ldap. From a
>>quick test, this seems to work nicely, and depends on the KPIM
>>version.
>>
>>And on the UI side we have:
>>
>>        - An AddresseeLineEdit in kdepim/libkdepim which does support
>>LDAP, based on KPIM.
>>
>>        - An AddressLineEdit in kdepimlibs/kabc which does not support
>>LDAP directly.
>>
>>        - An LDAP search in kdepim/libkdepim/ldapsearchdialog.cpp,
>>based on KLDAP.
>>
>>        - Another LDAP search in
>>kdepim/libkdepim//kaddressbook/xxport/ldap/ldapsearchdialog.cpp, based
>>on KPIM.
>>
>>Needless to say, I could use some input on what's actually wanted
>>here! The first question I have is which is the preferred backend
>>implementation going forward, the one in namespace KPIM, or KLDAP?
>>
>>The next questions should be which is the preferred lineedit, and
>>which is the preferred search dialog. However, I am beginning to
>>wonder if, given the Akonadi resource, we should not just use this for
>>all the UI stuff? If we did:
>>
>>        - There seems to be a some missing steps in how "Edit
>>Completion Order" is handled for lineedits.
>>
>>         - I assume the "Search for Addresses in Directory" becomes
>>superflous becuase the base "Select Recipient" dialog could just be
>>enhanced as I originally planned from a UI point of view, but now, the
>>LDAP resource just looks like another address book.
>>
>>Your thoughts and guidance would be appreciated because there is a lot
>>of work here to unify this lot, and I'm not going to get far without
>>some idea what the overall plan needs to be.
>>
>>Thanks, Shaheed
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