Added utility method + unit test to convert a byte[] objectGUID attribute

src/main/java/org/lsc/utils/directory/AD.java

@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Hex;
+
 /**
  * Utility class to manage specific entries for a Microsoft ActiveDirectory
  * 
@@ -243,6 +245,22 @@ public static long getAccountExpires(String expireDate) throws ParseException {
 		return getAccountExpires(expireDate, "yyyy-MM-dd");
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * <p>Decode the binary value of a GUID and convert into a readble string representation of this UUID.</p>
+	 * <p>Call this method with binary value of objectGUID attribute:<br/> 
+	 * 	AD.binaryGuidToReadableUUID(srcBean.getDatasetFirstBinaryValueById("objectGUID"));</p>
+	 * <p>Attribute objectGUID needs to be declared as binary in your AD connexion for this method to work.</p>
+	 * @param GUID the binary GUID as sent by Microsoft AD
+	 * @return the UUID/string representation of this binary GUID
+	 */
+	public static String binaryGuidToReadableUUID(byte[] GUID) {
+		if (GUID != null) {
+			String hex = new String(Hex.encodeHex(GUID));
+			return hex.replaceFirst("^(..)(..)(..)(..)(..)(..)(..)(..)(..)(..)(..)(..)(..)(..)(..)(..)$","$4$3$2$1-$6$5-$8$7-$9$10-$11$12$13$14$15$16").toUpperCase();
+		}
+		return "";
+	}
+
 	/* The Hash of values to set or to unset  */
 	private static final Map<Integer, Integer> setHexValue = new HashMap<Integer, Integer>();
 	private static final Map<Integer, Integer> unsetHexValue = new HashMap<Integer, Integer>();

src/test/java/org/lsc/utils/directory/ADTest.java

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
  */
 package org.lsc.utils.directory;
 
+import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 
@@ -69,7 +70,11 @@ public class ADTest {
 	// representation of a date where Unix time need a long: Tue, 19 Jan 2038 03:14:10 GMT
 	private static final long otherTimeADLong = 137919572500000000L;
 	private static final long otherTimeUnixLong= 2147483650L;
-
+	// base64 encoding of a binary objectGUID
+	private static final byte[] refObjectGUIDBase64 = Base64.getDecoder().decode(new String("Pd0OMI8MTEiq0mBIG8tg2A==").getBytes());
+	// UUID/String reprensentation of above binary objectGUID 
+	private static final String refObjectGUIDAsUUIDString = "300EDD3D-0C8F-484C-AAD2-60481BCB60D8";
+
 	@Before
 	public void setUp() {
 		refTimeCalendar = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
@@ -177,4 +182,11 @@ public final void testUnixTimestampToADTimeWithLong() {
 		assertEquals(otherTimeADLong, AD.unixTimestampToADTime(otherTimeUnixLong));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Test for the {@link AD#binaryGuidToReadableUUID(byte[])} method.
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public final void testBinaryGuidToReadableUUID () {
+		assertEquals(refObjectGUIDAsUUIDString, AD.binaryGuidToReadableUUID(refObjectGUIDBase64));
+	}
 }