Consider an API similar to CrudRepository in Spring Data

[jzheaux]

LdapTemplate includes support for ODM. Instead of porting this over to LdapClient, it's worth considering placing it into something that follows the Spring Data model like so:

public class SpringLdapRepository<T> {
    private final LdapClient client;
    private final ObjectMappingDirectory odm = ...;

    public List<T> findAll() { 
        // ...
    }
}