genericize groups as ldap loader members

Yes, I ran into same issues but was able to get it to work by following suggestions in the link. Below is the code

public static String convertDnToSpecificValue(String dn) {

//e.g. ,OU=Groups,DC=dev,DC=umontreal,DC=ca
String adGroupSuffix = GrouperLoaderConfig.getPropertyString("cmu.group.suffix", true);

//not sure why this would happen
if (dn == null)

{ return dn; }

if (dn.toLowerCase().endsWith(adGroupSuffix.toLowerCase())) {
String cn = dn.substring(0, dn.length()-adGroupSuffix.length());

if (StringUtils.countMatches(cn, "=") != 1)

{ throw new RuntimeException("Why is there not 1 equals in this CN??? '" + cn + "'"); }

//this should be CN=groupName, convert to groupName
cn = GrouperUtil.prefixOrSuffix(cn, "=", false);

//e.g. umontreal.grouper.ad.group.prefix = umontreal:adgroups:
String grouperGroupPrefix = GrouperLoaderConfig.getPropertyString("cmu.group.prefix", true);

String groupName = grouperGroupPrefix + cn;

Group group = GrouperDAOFactory.getFactory().getGroup().findByName(groupName, false, null) ;

if (group != null)

{ return group.getId(); }

else

{ group = new GroupSave(GrouperSession.staticGrouperSession()).assignName(groupName).assignCreateParentStemsIfNotExist(true).save(); return group.getId(); }

}
//not a group
return LoaderLdapElUtils.convertDnToSpecificValue(dn);
}
}

Thanks,
Rahul