use of JLDAP's LDAPConnection

["Jung, Eric" <Eric.Jung@Arbella.com>]

Hi,
Is there any way to determine if an LDAPConnection (or its underlying
socket) has gone bad? If my LDAP server (Tivoli) cycles after I've called
LDAPConnection.connect() and LDAPConnection.bind(), LDAPConnection.search()
returns a LDAPSearchResults object with getCount() equal to 0, even when I
know it should be 1.

Example:

1. I call LDAPConnection.connect() and bind()
2. LDAP server goes down and comes back up (invalidating any connections)
3. I call LDAPConnection.search(), and it returns LDAPSearchResults with
getCount() == 0

If #2 never happens (i.e., server stays up), LDAPConnection.search() returns
LDAPSearchResults with getCount() == 1 for the same query.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Eric Jung