Re: Own pure Python parser for LDAPv3 schema support

[Jens V. <je...@zo...>]

> I hoped that someone bites the bullet and uses
> /usr/lib/python2.2/profile.py... ;-)

hey, i told you i don't use python2.2 yet ;)


> Also the __init__() methods of the schema element classes need review to 
> check whether they are consistent.

you mean the classes inside schema.py such os "ObjectClass", "AttributeType"
  etc? i am noticing that the __init__ for ObjectClass, unlike all others, 
does not just take the full schema_element_string, it also takes all 
attributes as separate keyword arguments. that seems a little redundant. 
all other classes only take the schema_element_string and extract the 
attributes from that.


> Be warned that the API still might be changed without prominent
> notification (there are some significant changes in the pipe not checked 
> in). I developed the stuff while implementing schema support in web2ldap.
>  Therefore it should contain almost everything needed by applications.

i don't have time to implement it and throw it out right at this moment, 
anyway. i'm fully aware that something so "new" will change more frequently.


> Also be warned that there are many broken schemas out there in the wild. 
> Test your application against other products than OpenLDAP!

well, i would probably end up doing a widget that offers both a dropdown 
and a text input field, maybe depending on errors occurring during schema 
discovery.

jens