Retrieving an Active Directory Group Object using C# or VB .Net

This method returns a single Group object from Active Directory which can then be manipulated and updated.

Method: GetGroup

Parameters:  (string) Group

Programming Languages Supported

ASP.NET, C#, VB.Net, Visual Studio 2010, Visual Sutdio 2008

Precondition

An instance of the LDAP manager must be instantiated for a valid ADDS server and be logged in.

Functionality

The method is called passing the Group as a string. Three things can then occur:

1. If the Group exists the method returns an LdapGroup object.
2. If the Group does not exist the method returns a null object
3. An Exception will be thrown for other errors

Example

Where LdapConnection is an instance of LdapManager

public LdapGroup GetGroup(String group)
        {
            try
            {
                return LdapConnection.GetGroup(group);
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {

                throw;
            }
        }

Post Condition

The Group object contains an updatable collection of User objects