Rob Winch

I haven't sorted it out, but it is likely due to the DefaultDirObjectFactory not being used. I'd try and see if there were changes in JDK 9 on what factory...

@davidkarlsen In the [stacktrace you mentioned](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ldap/issues/501#issuecomment-603540754) it says: ``` java.lang.ClassCastException: com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx cannot be cast to org.springframework.ldap.core.DirContextAdapter ``` This is true. `com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx` is not an instance of `org.springframework.ldap.core.DirContextAdapter`. Spring LDAP expects...

Can you explain more details on why the Thread ClassLoader is causing it? In the [sample](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ldap/files/2849080/ldap-demo.zip) provided [above](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ldap/issues/501#issuecomment-461549681), the ClassLoader is fixed but the JVM changes.

So to be clear... It sounds like the issue does not happen in 2.0.0 but does happen in 2.0.1+? I'm not seeing anything in the changelog that jumps out at...

Ok. It would be helpful if you can find the first version that breaks.

Thanks for the additional information. Looking forward to the updates on finding out the first version that is impacted. PS: Rather than using a single ` You can use [fenced...

Thanks. This is strange because I do not see any changes introduced into Spring LDAP 2.3.1 that would cause this issue. Any chance you can try to put together a...

Any interest in providing a pull request?

I think I must be missing something. Can you expand on why making it easier for SSL configuraiton you need to generate a dynamic class that implements getDefault()?

Any interest in providing a PR?