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[Kathryn Huxtable <>]

Title: Re: [grouper-dev] Ldappc suggestion

Oh my, that formatted badly. Try this. -K


On 2/17/07 10:58 AM, "Kathryn Huxtable" <> wrote:

> BTW, I don't really like the selection XML syntax. Instead of having a separate section with a list with options for each type of selection, why not mix them, e.g. Instead of
>
>     <group-queries>
>       <subordinate-stem-queries>
>         <stem-list>
>           <stem>testStem</stem>
>           <stem>qsuob</stem>
>         </stem-list>
>       </subordinate-stem-queries>
>       <attribute-matching-queries>
>         <attribute-list>
>           <attribute name="attribute" value="value" />
>         </attribute-list>
>       </attribute-matching-queries>
>     </group-queries> 
> Why not have:
>
>     <group-queries>
>       <query-list>
>           <subordinate-stem stem=”testStem” />
>           <attribute-match name="attribute" value="value" />
>       </query-list>
>     </group-queries> 
> I think this would be more concise and also more readable. I would also suggest doing away with the <query-list> element and making the <group-queries> element take one or more of the different query type elements.
>
> BTW, using Blair’s GroupTypeFilter I have produced a group type query selector for ldappc. This is done.
>
> -K
>
> On 2/12/07 8:12 AM, "blair christensen." <> wrote:
>
> > On 2/10/07, Tom Barton <> wrote:
> >> Good suggestion. Ldappc uses GrouperQuery to select groups &
> >> memberships, and reviewing that just now, I see that there's no group
> >> type filter. If we create a group type filter, would you be game to
> >> extend Ldappc's current use of GrouperQuery to include this new filter?
> > 
> > I added a group type query filter to HEAD in early January so there
> > will be API support for this in the next Grouper release.