if (options != null)
{
this.options = options;
bindDN = (String) options.get(BIND_DN);
bindCredential = (String) options.get(BIND_CREDENTIAL);
<BUG>if ((bindCredential != null) && bindCredential.startsWith("{EXT}"))
{</BUG>
try
{
bindCredential = new String(Util.loadPassword(bindCredential));

if (options != null)
{
this.options = options;
bindDN = (String) options.get(BIND_DN);
bindCredential = (String) options.get(BIND_CREDENTIAL);
if ((bindCredential != null) && Util.isPasswordCommand(bindCredential))
{
try
{
bindCredential = new String(Util.loadPassword(bindCredential));
