/// <summary>
/// Checks to see if the given OU has a child with the given name. Also, can check for a particular type of object as well.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="parentOU">The location where the search will occur.</param>
/// <param name="childName">The name of the child object to look for. Case insensitive.</param>
/// <param name="type">Optional. The specific type of object to look for.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool OUHasChildNamed(string parentOU, string childName, ADSchemaTypes? type = null)
{
using (var ou = new DirectoryEntry($"LDAP://{parentOU}", Properties.Resources.DomainAccount, Properties.Resources.domain))
{
foreach (DirectoryEntry curOU in ou.Children)
using (curOU)
{
//wrong named child. move on...
if (!string.Equals(curOU.Properties["name"].Value.ToString(), childName, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase)) continue;
if (type != null)
{
//named child found, return whether it's the type specified.
return curOU.SchemaClassName == type.Value.ToString();
}
//correctly named child found, non type-specific.
return true;
}
return false;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the names of the children of the parent OU. Optionaly of particular type.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="parentOU">The DN of the parent OU.</param>
/// <param name="type">The type of object whose names to return.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static List<string> OUChildrenNames(string parentOU, ADSchemaTypes? type)
{
using (var ou = new DirectoryEntry($"LDAP://{parentOU}", Properties.Resources.DomainAccount, Properties.Resources.domain))
{
var childrenNames = new List<string>();
foreach (DirectoryEntry curOU in ou.Children)
using (curOU)
{
if (type.HasValue)
{
if (string.Equals(curOU.SchemaClassName, type.Value.ToString(), StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
{
childrenNames.Add(curOU.Properties["name"].Value.ToString());
}
}
else
{
childrenNames.Add(curOU.Properties["name"].Value.ToString());
}
}
return childrenNames;
}
}