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[Chris Hyzer <>]

The way this was designed, there are two levels of built-in attributes, and 
you can request any one-offs.

If you don't want details, then you get stuff in:

# subject attribute names to send back when a WsSubjectResult is sent, comma 
separated
# e.g. name, netid
# default is none
ws.subject.result.attribute.names =

If you don't want people to get stuff with no details, don't put anything 
there.
If the request wants details, then put that here:

# subject result attribute names when extended data is requested (comma 
separated)
# default is name, description
# note, these will be in addition to ws.subject.result.attribute.names
ws.subject.result.detail.attribute.names = PENNNAME, EMAIL

So, I guess to summarize, details doesn't mean any attributes, it just means 
what they grouper admin put in the config file for it to mean...  ok?

Thanks!
Chris



-----Original Message-----
From: Colin Hudler 
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Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 2:44 PM
To: 

Subject: [grouper-users] retrieveSubjectDetail versus 
ws.subject.result.attribute.names

Hi,

I was just wondering, when using retrieveSubjectDetail=F, why does it 
still retrieve the attributes specified in 
"ws.subject.result.attribute.names" of grouper-ws.properties.

Specifically I am wondering why this property overrides the client 
request to not include details.  I suspect it is a semantic difference. 
  Details could be those attributes other than the subjectId (a mistaken 
assumption), or the reality in the code; that details are only those 
things specified by "ws.subject.result.detail.attribute.names".

I confirmed this in
util/GrouperServiceUtils.java: calculateSubjectAttributes()

On further reflection of the differences, please just consider this 
email a comment on the documentation, so it is not a total loss.

 From grouper-ws.properties:
# subject attribute names to send back when a WsSubjectResult is sent, 
comma separated
# e.g. name, netid
# default is none
ws.subject.result.attribute.names =

One must infer that the client cannot request not to receive the 
attributes specified here.