[Owncloud] Questions about the ldap access

[Nicolas Mora]

Hello,

Concerning the ldap backend for contact I'm currently programming, it's 
going pretty well, now I'm able to synchronize from ldap to owncloud.

My next move is to use the user_ldap app instead of the php ldap 
functions. I have a couple of questions about this task though.

If possible, I would like to use the same connection as the user 
credentials to access the ldap addressbook. I see that the function 
areCredentialsValid($name, $password) clones the current ldap 
connection, then tests the credentials. The cloned connection is no 
longer used after that. Would it be possible to keep alive this 
connection if the credentials are valid ?

Also, I would like to know if it could be a good idea to move the 
connection and access classes to owncloud core ? So the ldap backend for 
contact wouldn't need user_ldap to work properly.

Thanks in advance

/Nicolas