OpenSAML user discussion

[Chad La Joie <>]

I think org.opensaml.xml.util.AttributeMap does what you want.

Asa Hardcastle wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am in the middle of modeling ID-WSF 2.0 DST using the java XMLTooling 
> library.   It appears that 
> AbstractXMLObject.prepareForAssignment(oldString, newString) -- a 
> protected method --  is used to determine whether or not the DOM should 
> be dumped.
>
> One of the challenges I am facing is writing all of the xmltooling 
> classes without an xsd class generator, hence I am trying to keep the 
> maintainable code to a minimum.  One way I am doing this is by modeling 
> attribute sets and using them to store values in my XML Tooling 
> classes.   This seemed like a great idea until I realized that 
> xmltooling would have no way of knowing if I changed the value of an 
> attribute, unless I told it.
>
> My solution.
>
> Create a utility class that looks like this:
>
> OpenLibertyHelpers.prepareForAssignment(oldString, newString, 
> abstractXMLObject)
>
> where I compare the strings the same way AbstractXMLObject does it, and 
> then if needed, I call abstractXMLObject.releaseThisAndParentDOM()
>
>
> Does this sound like an ok approach?  Is there a better approach?  Any 
> pitfalls?
>
> thanks,
>
> asa
>
>
> --
> Asa Hardcastle, Technical Lead, openLiberty ID-WSF ClientLib
> Tel: +1.413.429.1044 Skype: subsystem7

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