24. A system providing access to a directory services repository which is stored on a computer system, the claimed system comprising: a directory services application programming interface, also known as the API, which includes at least one callable element that is capable of accessing a component of the directory services repository in response to being called, the API including a Java Naming and Directory Interface API; and a driver which is capable of translating a relational database language statement into an executable API sequence that includes a call to the callable element and produces an API result, the driver also being capable of translating the API result into a relational database results, wherein the directory services repository component includes an effective class and an object having a context the relational database language statement identifies a table and a subset restriction, and the driver and the API together map the effective class to the table and also map the context to the subset restriction.
24. A system providing access to a directory services repository which is stored on a computer system, the claimed system comprising: a directory services application programming interface, also known as the API, which includes at least one callable element that is capable of accessing a component of the directory services repository in response to being called, the API including a Java Naming and Directory Interface API; and a driver which is capable of translating a relational database language statement into an executable API sequence that includes a call to the callable element and produces an API result, the driver also being capable of translating the API result into a relational database results, wherein the directory services repository component includes an effective class and an object having a context the relational database language statement identifies a table and a subset restriction, and the driver and the API together map the effective class to the table and also map the context to the subset restriction. 32. The system of claim 24, wherein the driver provides read and write access to the directory services repository.