The com.adobe.idp.um.spi.directoryservices package provides classes and interfaces that enable you to create your own user and group directory service provider. User Management supports the use of LDAP servers for retrieving user information for authentication purposes. Your organization may store user information in a repository that is not based on the LDAP protocol, such as a relational database. You can create a directory service provider that retrieves user information from your user store and returns it to User Management.

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	Interface	Description
	DirectoryGroupProvider	The DirectoryGroupProvider interface defines a mechanism for retrieving the user records that belong to a specific user group from a repository.
	DirectoryPrincipalProvider	The DirectoryPrincipalProvider interface is the base interface for user and group provider interfaces.
	DirectoryUserProvider	The DirectoryUserProvider interface defines the mechanism used to retrieve all user records from a given repository.
	GroupConfigBO	The GroupConfigBO interface defines a container for storing configuration information about the group provider.
	UserConfigBO	The UserConfigBO interface defines a container for storing configuration information about the user provider.

	Class	Description
	DirectoryProviderConfig	The DirectoryProviderConfig class provides methods for retrieving information about directory service providers from the User Management configuration settings.
	DSGroupContainmentRecord	The DSGroupContainmentRecord class provides a container for storing and retrieving the user and group records that belong to a group.
	DSPrincipalCollection	The DSPrincipalCollection class provides a container for storing sets of user records.
	DSPrincipalIdRecord	The DSPrincipalIdRecord class provides a container for the unique identification of a principal.
	DSPrincipalRecord	The DSPrincipalRecord class provides a container for storing information that constitutes a User Management user or group record.
	GenericGroupConfigBO	The GenericGroupConfigBO class provides a container for configuration information of a specific group provider.
	GenericUserConfigBO	The GenericUserConfigBO class provides a container for configuration information of a specific user provider.