extending-sitecore-active-directory

extending-sitecore-active-directory-01.cs

namespace Sample.Business
{
	public class ByteArraySettingsPropertyValue : StringSettingsPropertyValue
	{
		public override object PropertyValue
		{
			get
			{
				return base.PropertyValue;
			}

			set
			{
				var byteArray = value as byte[];
				base.PropertyValue = byteArray != null ?
					Convert.ToBase64String((byte[])value) :
					string.Empty;
			}
		}
	}
}

extending-sitecore-active-directory-02.cs

using LightLDAP;
using LightLDAP.Diagnostic;

namespace Sample.Business
{
	public class SettingsPropertyValueFactoryExtended : SettingsPropertyValueFactory
	{
		public override ADSettingsPropertyValue GetSettingsPropertyValue(ADSettingsProperty property)
		{
			switch (property.ADType)
			{
				case "byte array":
					return new ByteArraySettingsPropertyValue(property);

				default:
					return base.GetSettingsPropertyValue(property);
			}
		}
	}
}

extending-sitecore-active-directory-03.xml

<setting name="LDAP.SettingsPropertyValueFactory" value="Sample.Business.SettingsPropertyValueFactoryExtended, Sample.Business" />

extending-sitecore-active-directory-04.xml

<add type="System.String" name="Photo" customProviderData="ad|byte array|thumbnailPhoto" />