diff --git a/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-providers/redback-authentication-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/authentication/ldap/LdapBindAuthenticator.java b/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-providers/redback-authentication-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/authentication/ldap/LdapBindAuthenticator.java
index fafe25c0..474b7ab3 100644
--- a/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-providers/redback-authentication-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/authentication/ldap/LdapBindAuthenticator.java
+++ b/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-providers/redback-authentication-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/authentication/ldap/LdapBindAuthenticator.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.apache.archiva.redback.authentication.ldap;
 
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.authentication.AbstractAuthenticator;
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.connection.DefaultLdapConnection;
+import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.connection.LdapConnection;
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.user.UserMapper;
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.connection.LdapConnectionFactory;
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.configuration.UserConfiguration;
@@ -103,8 +104,8 @@ public class LdapBindAuthenticator
 
         log.debug( "Searching for users with filter: '{}' from base dn: {}", filter, mapper.getUserBaseDn() );
 
-        DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
-        DefaultLdapConnection authLdapConnection = null;
+        LdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
+        LdapConnection authLdapConnection = null;
         NamingEnumeration<SearchResult> results = null;
         try
         {
@@ -172,13 +173,13 @@ public class LdapBindAuthenticator
         return ( source instanceof PasswordBasedAuthenticationDataSource );
     }
 
-    private DefaultLdapConnection getLdapConnection()
+    private LdapConnection getLdapConnection()
         throws LdapException
     {
         return connectionFactory.getConnection();
     }
 
-    private void closeLdapConnection( DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection )
+    private void closeLdapConnection( LdapConnection ldapConnection )
     {
         if ( ldapConnection != null )
         {
diff --git a/redback-common/redback-common-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/common/ldap/connection/DefaultLdapConnection.java b/redback-common/redback-common-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/common/ldap/connection/DefaultLdapConnection.java
index 0c9a6cf0..a4474230 100644
--- a/redback-common/redback-common-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/common/ldap/connection/DefaultLdapConnection.java
+++ b/redback-common/redback-common-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/common/ldap/connection/DefaultLdapConnection.java
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ import java.util.Properties;
  * The configuration for a connection will not change.
  *
  * @author <a href="mailto:trygvis@inamo.no">trygvis</a>
+ * @since 2.1
  */
 public class DefaultLdapConnection
+    implements LdapConnection
 {
 
     private static LdapCtxFactory ctxFactory;// = new LdapCtxFactory();
@@ -132,6 +134,7 @@ public class DefaultLdapConnection
     // Connection Managment
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+    @Override
     public Hashtable<Object, Object> getEnvironment()
         throws LdapException
     {
@@ -236,6 +239,7 @@ public class DefaultLdapConnection
         return env;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public void close()
     {
         try
@@ -259,16 +263,19 @@ public class DefaultLdapConnection
     // Utils
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+    @Override
     public LdapConnectionConfiguration getConfiguration()
     {
         return config;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public List<Rdn> getBaseDnRdns()
     {
         return baseDnRdns;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public DirContext getDirContext()
     {
         return context;
diff --git a/redback-common/redback-common-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/common/ldap/connection/LdapConnection.java b/redback-common/redback-common-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/common/ldap/connection/LdapConnection.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b7243c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/redback-common/redback-common-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/common/ldap/connection/LdapConnection.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.connection;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import javax.naming.directory.DirContext;
+import javax.naming.ldap.Rdn;
+import java.util.Hashtable;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * @author Olivier Lamy
+ */
+public interface LdapConnection
+{
+    Hashtable<Object, Object> getEnvironment()
+        throws LdapException;
+
+    void close();
+
+    LdapConnectionConfiguration getConfiguration();
+
+    List<Rdn> getBaseDnRdns();
+
+    DirContext getDirContext();
+}
diff --git a/redback-common/redback-common-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/common/ldap/connection/LdapConnectionFactory.java b/redback-common/redback-common-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/common/ldap/connection/LdapConnectionFactory.java
index 8493cc52..d81b3e23 100644
--- a/redback-common/redback-common-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/common/ldap/connection/LdapConnectionFactory.java
+++ b/redback-common/redback-common-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/common/ldap/connection/LdapConnectionFactory.java
@@ -30,16 +30,16 @@ import javax.naming.spi.StateFactory;
  */
 public interface LdapConnectionFactory
 {
-    DefaultLdapConnection getConnection()
+    LdapConnection getConnection()
         throws LdapException;
 
-    DefaultLdapConnection getConnection( LdapConnectionConfiguration ldapConnectionConfiguration )
+    LdapConnection getConnection( LdapConnectionConfiguration ldapConnectionConfiguration )
         throws LdapException;
 
-    DefaultLdapConnection getConnection( Rdn subRdn )
+    LdapConnection getConnection( Rdn subRdn )
         throws LdapException;
 
-    DefaultLdapConnection getConnection( String bindDn, String password )
+    LdapConnection getConnection( String bindDn, String password )
         throws LdapException;
 
     LdapName getBaseDnLdapName()
diff --git a/redback-common/redback-common-ldap/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/common/ldap/role/TestLdapRoleMapper.java b/redback-common/redback-common-ldap/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/common/ldap/role/TestLdapRoleMapper.java
index 79bd43d9..7838373d 100644
--- a/redback-common/redback-common-ldap/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/common/ldap/role/TestLdapRoleMapper.java
+++ b/redback-common/redback-common-ldap/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/common/ldap/role/TestLdapRoleMapper.java
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 package org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.role;
+
 /*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.role;
  */
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
-import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.connection.DefaultLdapConnection;
+import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.connection.LdapConnection;
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.connection.LdapConnectionFactory;
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.components.apacheds.ApacheDs;
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.policy.PasswordEncoder;
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ public class TestLdapRoleMapper
     List<String> roleNames =
         Arrays.asList( "Archiva System Administrator", "Internal Repo Manager", "Internal Repo Observer" );
 
-    DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection;
+    LdapConnection ldapConnection;
 
     DirContext context;
 
diff --git a/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/DefaultLdapGroupMappingService.java b/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/DefaultLdapGroupMappingService.java
index 8232077b..319bd53b 100644
--- a/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/DefaultLdapGroupMappingService.java
+++ b/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/DefaultLdapGroupMappingService.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.archiva.redback.rest.services;
 
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.MappingException;
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.connection.DefaultLdapConnection;
+import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.connection.LdapConnection;
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.connection.LdapConnectionFactory;
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.connection.LdapException;
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.role.LdapRoleMapper;
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ public class DefaultLdapGroupMappingService
     public StringList getLdapGroups()
         throws RedbackServiceException
     {
-        DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
+        LdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
 
         DirContext context = null;
 
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ public class DefaultLdapGroupMappingService
     // utils
     //------------------
 
-    protected void closeLdapConnection( DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection )
+    protected void closeLdapConnection( LdapConnection ldapConnection )
     {
         if ( ldapConnection != null )
         {
diff --git a/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-providers/redback-rbac-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rbac/ldap/LdapRbacManager.java b/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-providers/redback-rbac-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rbac/ldap/LdapRbacManager.java
index cdc9cbfe..dda7283f 100644
--- a/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-providers/redback-rbac-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rbac/ldap/LdapRbacManager.java
+++ b/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-providers/redback-rbac-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rbac/ldap/LdapRbacManager.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.archiva.redback.rbac.ldap;
  */
 
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.MappingException;
-import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.connection.DefaultLdapConnection;
+import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.connection.LdapConnection;
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.connection.LdapConnectionFactory;
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.connection.LdapException;
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.role.LdapRoleMapper;
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
  *
  * @author Olivier Lamy
  */
-@Service( "rbacManager#ldap" )
+@Service("rbacManager#ldap")
 public class LdapRbacManager
     extends AbstractRBACManager
     implements RBACManager, RBACManagerListener
@@ -80,19 +80,19 @@ public class LdapRbacManager
     private Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger( getClass() );
 
     @Inject
-    @Named( value = "rbacManager#cached" )
+    @Named(value = "rbacManager#cached")
     private RBACManager rbacImpl;
 
     @Inject
-    @Named( value = "ldapRoleMapper#default" )
+    @Named(value = "ldapRoleMapper#default")
     private LdapRoleMapper ldapRoleMapper;
 
     @Inject
-    @Named( value = "userConfiguration#default" )
+    @Named(value = "userConfiguration#default")
     private UserConfiguration userConf;
 
     @Inject
-    @Named( value = "userManager#ldap" )
+    @Named(value = "userManager#ldap")
     private UserManager userManager;
 
     @Inject
@@ -102,15 +102,15 @@ public class LdapRbacManager
     private LdapController ldapController;
 
     @Inject
-    @Named( value = "ldapRoleMapperConfiguration#default" )
+    @Named(value = "ldapRoleMapperConfiguration#default")
     private LdapRoleMapperConfiguration ldapRoleMapperConfiguration;
 
     @Inject
-    @Named( value = "cache#ldapRoles" )
+    @Named(value = "cache#ldapRoles")
     private Cache<String, Role> rolesCache;
 
     @Inject
-    @Named( value = "cache#userAssignments" )
+    @Named(value = "cache#userAssignments")
     private Cache<String, UserAssignment> userAssignmentsCache;
 
     private boolean writableLdap = false;
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public class LdapRbacManager
     {
         if ( writableLdap )
         {
-            DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
+            LdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
             DirContext context = null;
             try
             {
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ public class LdapRbacManager
     public List<Role> getAllRoles()
         throws RbacManagerException
     {
-        DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
+        LdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
         DirContext context = null;
         try
         {
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ public class LdapRbacManager
     public List<UserAssignment> getAllUserAssignments()
         throws RbacManagerException
     {
-        DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
+        LdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
         DirContext context = null;
         try
         {
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ public class LdapRbacManager
         }
     }
 
-    protected void closeLdapConnection( DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection )
+    protected void closeLdapConnection( LdapConnection ldapConnection )
     {
         if ( ldapConnection != null )
         {
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ public class LdapRbacManager
         throws RbacManagerException
     {
 
-        DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
+        LdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
         DirContext context = null;
 
         try
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ public class LdapRbacManager
         {
             return role;
         }
-        DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
+        LdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
         DirContext context = null;
         //verify it's a ldap group
         try
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ public class LdapRbacManager
     public Collection<Role> getUnassignedRoles( String username )
         throws RbacManagerException
     {
-        DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
+        LdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
 
         DirContext context = null;
 
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ public class LdapRbacManager
         {
             return ua;
         }
-        DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
+        LdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
         DirContext context = null;
         try
         {
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ public class LdapRbacManager
         rolesCache.remove( role.getName() );
         if ( writableLdap )
         {
-            DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
+            LdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
             DirContext context = null;
             try
             {
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ public class LdapRbacManager
         {
             return true;
         }
-        DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
+        LdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
         DirContext context = null;
         try
         {
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ public class LdapRbacManager
     {
         if ( writableLdap )
         {
-            DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
+            LdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
             DirContext context = null;
             try
             {
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ public class LdapRbacManager
     {
         if ( writableLdap )
         {
-            DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
+            LdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
             DirContext context = null;
             try
             {
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ public class LdapRbacManager
     public UserAssignment saveUserAssignment( UserAssignment userAssignment )
         throws RbacManagerException
     {
-        DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
+        LdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
         DirContext context = null;
         try
         {
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ public class LdapRbacManager
         {
             return true;
         }
-        DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
+        LdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
         DirContext context = null;
         try
         {
diff --git a/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/users/ldap/LdapUserManager.java b/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/users/ldap/LdapUserManager.java
index c0a64aed..dbaa9b83 100644
--- a/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/users/ldap/LdapUserManager.java
+++ b/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/users/ldap/LdapUserManager.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.apache.archiva.redback.users.ldap;
 
 
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.connection.DefaultLdapConnection;
+import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.connection.LdapConnection;
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.user.LdapUser;
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.user.UserMapper;
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.configuration.UserConfiguration;
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ public class LdapUserManager
             return guestUser;
         }
 
-        DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection = getLdapConnection();
+        LdapConnection ldapConnection = getLdapConnection();
         try
         {
             DirContext context = ldapConnection.getDirContext();
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ public class LdapUserManager
         {
             clearFromCache( username );
         }
-        DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
+        LdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
         try
         {
             ldapConnection = getLdapConnection();
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ public class LdapUserManager
             return ldapUser;
         }
 
-        DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
+        LdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
 
         try
         {
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ public class LdapUserManager
             return Collections.emptyList();
         }
 
-        DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
+        LdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
 
         try
         {
@@ -329,7 +330,7 @@ public class LdapUserManager
      */
     public List<User> getUsers()
     {
-        DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
+        LdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
 
         try
         {
@@ -385,7 +386,7 @@ public class LdapUserManager
             clearFromCache( user.getUsername() );
         }
 
-        DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
+        LdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
 
         try
         {
@@ -429,7 +430,7 @@ public class LdapUserManager
             return true;
         }
 
-        DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
+        LdapConnection ldapConnection = null;
 
         try
         {
@@ -452,7 +453,7 @@ public class LdapUserManager
         }
     }
 
-    private DefaultLdapConnection getLdapConnection()
+    private LdapConnection getLdapConnection()
         throws LdapException
     {
         try
@@ -466,7 +467,7 @@ public class LdapUserManager
         }
     }
 
-    private void closeLdapConnection( DefaultLdapConnection ldapConnection )
+    private void closeLdapConnection( LdapConnection ldapConnection )
     {
         if ( ldapConnection != null )
         {
diff --git a/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-ldap/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/users/ldap/LdapUserManagerTest.java b/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-ldap/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/users/ldap/LdapUserManagerTest.java
index aec6d7d6..bc54623d 100644
--- a/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-ldap/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/users/ldap/LdapUserManagerTest.java
+++ b/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-ldap/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/users/ldap/LdapUserManagerTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.archiva.redback.users.ldap;
  */
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.connection.LdapConnection;
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.policy.PasswordEncoder;
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.users.User;
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.common.ldap.connection.DefaultLdapConnection;
@@ -147,7 +148,8 @@ public class LdapUserManagerTest
     {
         assertNotNull( connectionFactory );
 
-        DefaultLdapConnection connection = null;
+        LdapConnection connection = null;
+
         try
         {
             connection = connectionFactory.getConnection();
@@ -168,7 +170,8 @@ public class LdapUserManagerTest
     public void testDirectUsersExistence()
         throws Exception
     {
-        DefaultLdapConnection connection = null;
+        LdapConnection connection = null;
+
         try
         {
             connection = connectionFactory.getConnection();